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| sow in September and 
| October. 
| Green Curled. [sthe 
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bears more heat than the *,aseee 
following sort, and the 42 = 
favorite market variety. mae f Sage 
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Green Curled Endive. | 
Extra Fine Curled. 
Does not grow quite so 
large as the foregoing, and is moreapt to decay, when there is a wet 
summer. Better adapted for winter. 
Broad-leaved or Escaroftie. Makes a fine salad when well | 
grown and blanched, especially for summer. 
KOHL-RABI, OR TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE. 
CHovt Navet (Fr.), Konn-Rapi (Ger.), CoL DE NABo (Sp.). iF 
| This vegetable is very popular with the European population of 
this city, and largely cultivated here. It is used for soups, or prepared 
in the same manner as Cauli- 
flower. For late falland winter 
| use it should be sown from the 
| end of July till the middle 
: of October; for spring use, 
| during January and February. 
When the young plants are one 
| month old transplant them in 
rows one foot apart, and about 
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the same distance in the rows. 
They also grow finely if sown 
broad-cast and thinned - out 
when young, so that the plants 
are not too crowded; or they 
may be sown in drills and eul- 
tivated the same as Ruta 
Bagas. 
Early White Vienna. 
The finest variety of all, and 
the only kind I keep. It is 
early, forms a smooth bulb, and 
has few small leaves.. The so- 
called large White or Green is Early White Vienna Kohl-rabi. ] 
not desirable. 
| LEEK. 
PotreEau (Fr.}, LAucn (Ger.), PuEro (Sp.). ij 
A species of Onion, highly esteemed for flavoring soups. Should be | 
sown broad-east and transplanted, when about six to eight inches high, 
into rows a foot apart and six inches apart in the rows. Should be 
