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Kohlrabi 
The kohlrabi, turnip cabbage, is a va- 
riety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea, with 
an edible turnip-shaped stem. Its pecu- 
liarity is its swollen stem just above the 
ground, which is used for the same pur- 
pose and grown in the same general way 
as the turnip. For summer use it is 
more highly esteemed than the turnip 
and it may be stored in winter. 
The nature and habits of growth are so 
similar to those of the turnip that they 
need not be described at length, but it 
may be said that they will succeed best 
Kohlrabi 
on new land rich in potash, and that they 
require substantially the same general 
treatment as turnips. 
There are several varieties, some of 
them small and used mostly for the table, 
while others grow to large size and are 
used for feeding stock. 
For DISEASES AND PESTS oF KOHLRABI, 
see under Cabbage, Turnips and Allied 
Plants. 
Kumquat 
The kumquat is a small tree, Citrus 
japonica, cultivated originally in China 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
and Japan but lately introduced into the 
United States. The fruit is the color of 
the orange, is acid in taste and about the 
size and shape of the plum. The tree is 
much hardier than most plants of the 
orange tribe and succeeds well when 
grafted on the wild species, Citrus trifo- 
liata. It is largely used by the Chinese 
as a Sweetmeat preserved in sugar, and 
is exported in large quantities. 
The American Pomological Society rec- 
ommends the following for cultivation in 
Florida: 
DESSERT, KITCHEN AND MARKET: Ma- 
rumi; Nagami. 
LADY APPLES, PACKING RULES. See un- 
der Apple Packing. ; 
Laws—Horiicultural 
*CANADIAN INSPECTION AND SALE 
ACT 
Part IX as Amended in 1907-8 (The 
Fruit Marks Act and Fruit 
Packages) 
1. This act may be cited as the In- 
spection and Sale Act, R. S., c. 99, s. 1. 
Interpretation 
319. In this Part, unless the context 
otherwise requires: 
(a) “Closed package” means a box 
or barrel of which the contents cannot 
be seen or inspected when such package 
is closed. 
(b) “Fruit” shall not include wild 
fruit, nor cranberries, whether wild or 
cultivated. 
(c) “Culls” shall include fruit that 
is either very small for the variety, or 
immature, or the skin of which is broken 
so as to expose the tissue beneath, or that 
is so injured by insects, fungi, abnormal 
growths, or other causes, as to render it 
unmerchantable. 
The Marking of Fruit 
320. Every person who, by himself or 
through the agency of another person, 
packs fruit in a closed package, intended 
for sale, shall cause the package to be 
marked in a plain and indelible manner 
* Dairy and Cold Storage Commissioner’s 
Series, Bulletin No. 11, Department of Agricul- 
ture, Ottawa, Canada. 
