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RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
Green Curled. Is the most desir- 
able kind, as it stands more heat than 
the following sort, and is the favorite 
market, variety. 
Extra Fine Curled. Does not grow | 
quite so large as the foregoing, and is 
more apt to decay when there is a wet 
summer. Better adapted for winter. 
Broad-Leaved, or Escarolie. 
Makes a fine salad when well grown 
and blanched, especially for summer, 
KOHL-RABI, or TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE. 
CHou Navet (Fr.), Konni-Rasi (Ger.), Con pE Naso (Sp.). 
This vegetable is very popular with the European population of this eity, and 
largely cultivated here. 
It is used for soups, or prepared in the same manner as 
Cauliflower. For late fall and 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 
Large London Flag Leek. 
about the same distance in the rows. 
They also grow finely ifsown broad-cast 
and thinned out when young, so that 
the plants are not too crowded ; or, they 
may be sown in drills, and cultivated 
the sameas Ruta Bagas. 
Early White Viemma. The finest 
variety of all, and the only kind I keep. 
It is early, formsasmooth bulb, and has 
few small leaves. The so-called large 
White or Green is not desirable. 
MEEK 
PotREau (Fr.), Laucn (Ger.), PuERo (Sp.). 
A species of Onion, highly esteemed 
for flavoring soups. Should be sown 
broad-cast and transplanted, when 
about six to eight inches high, intorows 
a foot apart, and six inches apart in the 
Should be planted at least four 
They require to be well 
rows. 
inches deep. 
cultivated in order to secure large roots. 
Sow in October for winter and spring 
use, and in January and February, for 
summer. 
Large London Flag. Is the most 
desirable kind, and the most generally 
erown. 
Large Carentan. This is a new 
French variety which grows toa very 
large size. 
