Kohlrabi 



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the plants may have a constant supply of moisture. On 

 Long Island, however, where the cauliflower is very 

 largely grown, this precaution is unnecessary, since the 

 atmosphere is moist from proximity to the ocean and 

 the water-table is not deep. 



Probabl}^ there is no other vegetable which so quickly 

 runs down from poor seed as the cauliflower. It is, 

 therefore, exceedingly important that the very best strain 

 of seed be secured if the best results are to be attained. 

 The best cauliflower seed is expensive, running as high 

 as three to five dollars per ounce ; but the cheap seed 

 gives a smaller percentage of heading plants and the heads 

 are usually irregular and broken. The cauliflower has a 

 tendency to button" or to throw up irregular growths 

 from the head. This is due to poor seed, dry soil and 

 too great heat, and also to allowing the plants to become 

 checked and then starting them into new growth by re- 

 newed tillage. Keep the plants in a uniform condition 

 of thrift. The cauliflower seed of the market is grown 

 in the Old World, the best of it coming from Denmark; 

 but just now the Puget Sound country is developing as a 

 region for the growing of cauliflower seed. 



KOHLRABI 



The treatment required hy kohlrabi is that demanded 

 by flat turnips. The plant is grown for the tuberous stem. 



Kohlrabi produces a turnip-like tuber just above the 

 ground. It is grown mostly as a stock food and is 

 relatively little known in this country outside of Canada. 

 However, the plant is a very excellent garden vegetable 



