127 COLE 



' CROPS 



by frost. In the South and Middle South, kale 

 seed is sown in the late summer and the young 

 plants allowed to stand in the field unprotected 

 all winter, but this cannot be done in the North. 

 There the young plants need cold-frame pro- 

 tection. For this reason there is Httle winter- 

 grown kale in the North, and the extensive supply 

 that conies from Virginia from January until 

 late spring makes it unprofitable to force it 

 for early spring in the North. 



There is a form of kale called coUards, which 

 is much grown in the South, especially where 

 the climate is too hot for successful cabbage- 

 growing. The seed is sown very early in the 

 spring in protected seed-beds, so that the 

 crop may get its growth before the hot weather 

 sets in. It is much like cabbage, and sometimes 

 young cabbage plants are raised for greens, and 

 are called collards. Kale is subject to the same 

 enemies as cabbage (which see), and requires the 

 same sort of cultivation. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



Brussels sprouts are closer kin to kale than 

 to cabbage, although not exactly like either. 

 All cole crops have similar needs in soil, food and 

 tillage, so what holds for one may be taken as 

 true for all, except that kale and Brussels 



