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climbing habit. Is extremely fruitful and continues in 
bearing for a long period. Pods long, straight, tender, 
and delicious. Seed white. 
Sabre.—Plants 7 to 9 feet high, requiring strong sticks. 
Pods curved, remarkably large, from 10 to 14 inches in 
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Fig. 1909.—Kidney-Bean—Veitch’s Hybrid. 
fength and about 1 inch in breadth when full-sized; 
tender, even when the seeds are half-grown, and they 
may then be used fresh, or they may be cut into narrow 
strips and preserved with salt for winter use. In point 
of quality, whether in the green or dried state, the French 
rank this variety amongst the best. It does not, however, 
produce so long a succession of green pods as some others, 
neither does it bear so abundantly. 
Tender and True.—Produces long, straight pods as 
early as Canadian Wonder. To assist the plants in climb- 
ing freely, the sticks should be placed much closer together 
than for ordinary Runner Beans. Veitch’s Climbing 
appears to be the same as this. 
White Longpod.—Height 6 or 7 feet; excellent in a dry 
state, and much cultivated for use in that way, especially 
at Soissons, where it is said to acquire a finer flavour than 
elsewhere. A late sort. 
Kohl Rabi or Turnip Cabbage (Brassica 
THE GARDENER’S ASSISTANT, 
oleracea caulo-rapa) (fig. 1210).—This holds a 
place intermediate between the Cabbage and 
the Turnip, the upper part of the stem swelling 
into a round fleshy Turnip-like head. It must 
not be confounded with the Turnip-rooted Cab- 
bage, or Chou-navet of the French, the root of 
which is tuberous. 
Kohl Rabi is exceedingly hardy, withstand- 
ing even severe frost. It also resists drought 
better than the Turnip; but in every other 
respect it is inferior to that vegetable. Though 
much cultivated in Germany, it has not found 
much favour in British gardens. 
The Early White and Early Purple are by 
far the best for table use; and when taken 
young, and properly dressed, they form an 
excellent substitute for Turnips, especially in 
dry seasons, when a crop of the latter may fail 
or be of inferior quality. 
Seeds may be sown either thinly broadcast, 
or in drills 4 inches apart, in April, May, June, 
and July. When the young plants are an inch 
or two in height, they may be transplanted into 
any good, well-manured piece of ground, plant- 
ing them 8 inches apart, in rows 15 inches 
asunder, and not deeper in the ground than 
they were in the seed-bed. Water should be 
given till they take fresh root, and subsequently 
in dry weather, as required; for though the 
plant suffers little from drought, yet the tender- 
ness of the produce is greatly impaired by an 
insufficient supply of moisture. 
The crop will be fit for use when the bulbs 
are of the size of an early Dutch Turnip; when 
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larger it is only fit for cattle. In the varieties 
grown in the fields, the bulbs sometimes attain 
an immense size, weighing in some cases as 
much as 14 lbs. 
