THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 269 
The low-growing late varieties do best when sown 
thinly in rows where they are to stand. After the plants 
are well started, thin to eighteen inches apart. 
Konu-RABI 
Sowing. Kohl-rabi may be started in window boxes 
or in hotbeds early in the spring. The plants may also 
be grown for transplanting in seed beds out of doors ; 
Fic. 147. A Kohl-Rabi Plant 
they are not easily injured by frosts. The seeds may also 
be sown where the plants are to remain. Sow thinly in 
rows eighteen inches apart. Thin to six or eight inches 
apart in the row. The thinnings may be transplanted. 
Harvesting. Use the enlarged stem when it is about 
two thirds grown. Later it becomes stringy. 
