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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



JAPAN" PEA.— (Soja Mspida.) 



This is' an erect-growing, rough-hairy, annual Legumin- 

 ous plant, with a woody stem, growing some three feet 

 high, branching near the ground, with ternate leaves, re- 

 sembling those of the Kidney bean. There are three 

 varieties ; those with white, red, and yellow seeds. 



They are planted at the same time with Kidney beans 

 in rows 3 feet apart and 2 feet in the row, leaving but one 

 plant in the hill; cultivate as corn. The peas, when ripe, 

 after soaking over night, are prepared for the table like 

 Kidney beans, and are largely used for preparing the soy 

 sauce of Japan and China. 



KOHLRABI.— {Brassica oleracea mr. Caulo-mpa.) 



This plant, called also Turnip Cabbage, from the turnip- 

 like form of its stem, is but yet 

 little cultivated. The edible -part 

 is the enlarged short stem, which 

 is of a globular form, with a few 

 leaves on toj3. Its culture is the 

 same as the cabbage, except that 

 in hoeing care must be taken not 

 to throw dirt into the heart of 

 the plant, or the bulb cannot 

 form. Keep the soil flat in hoeing. 



The Early White Vienna, and 

 Early Purple Vienna, are the 

 best for the garden. It is cul- 

 tivated exactly like the Ruta-baga turnip, for which, when 

 cooked young, it is an excellent substitute. "When full 

 grown, it is used for feeding stock. It is very hardy, and 

 needs no winter protection in the more Southern States. 



Fig. 68. — KOHLRABI. 



