KOHLRABI — LEEK. 



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KOHLRABI, OR TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE, (Brassica oleraceavar.) 



This vegetable resembles a turnip, but is regarded as a 



variety of the cab- 

 bage, with a fleshy 

 edible stem. Seeds 

 should be sown in 

 rows fifteen or eigh- 

 teen inches apart, in 

 May or June, and 

 when an inch high, 

 thinned out to nine 

 or ten inches. It is 

 a favorite vegetable 

 with the Germans, 

 and immense quan- 

 tities are sold in the 



Fig. 86. — KOHLRABI. 



markets of ~New York in 

 the fail. There are two va- 

 rieties, White and Purple. 



LEEK, (Allium Porrurn.) 



Sow in April, and plant 

 out in June or July, in 

 rows one foot apart and 

 six inches between the 

 plants. It is used mainly 

 during the winter months ; 

 it is an entirely hardy 

 plant, yet in order that it 



Fig. 87. — LEEK, 



