THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 203 



KALE 



Kale is cultivated in practically the same way as 

 cabbage until the plants are set in the field ; then 

 it is managed like turnip. The leaves are 

 used for greens. As a rule, they are coarse flavored 

 and stringy. They do not compare with spinach 

 or Savoy cabbage as greens. Their market season 

 is late fall or early winter. 



KOHL-RABI 



Kohl-rabi is grown for its thickened stem, which 

 looks like a turnip growing above ground. For 

 early summer use it is preferred to early turnips 

 in many sections. It should be sown like turnips 

 where it has to mature, and should be used while 

 young and tender. When it grows old it becomes 

 tough and woody. Among the best known varieties 

 are White and Purple Vienna. 



LEEK 



The leek is managed like the onion and upon the 

 same kinds of soils. It is grown for its leaves and 

 stems which later are usually blanched toward the 

 close of the season, by having the earth drawn up 

 around them. Commonly the seed is sown in early 

 spring and the seedlings transplanted about the 

 beginning of summer. The plants • are set in 

 shallow trenches so as to allow of each blanching 

 by drawing earth up toward them. They are stored 

 in the same way as celery and marketed like spring 

 onions. The Large Flag is one of the best known 

 sorts, Scotch Flag, or Musselburgh, is also a favored 

 variety. 



