DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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variety, suitable for winter use, and even improved in flavor by 
exposure to frost. 
12. Green Globe Savoy. — This sort does not form a firm 
head like most other varieties ; but, being tender and of good 
flavor, the entire leaves are used for cooking. It is quite 
hardy, and is improved by freezing. 
13. Red Dutch. — This variety is much cultivated for pick- 
ling, and for tearing into shreds and eaten raw with vinegar. 
It is also of superior flavor when boiled. 
14. Kohl-Rabi, or Turnip Cabbage. — This is a German va- 
riety, called chou-rave by the French, and col de nabo by the 
Spaniards. There are two kinds of this vegetable, the 
Green and the Purple. The stem swells out above the 
ground, resembling both the cabbage and the turnip. It may 
be sown with, and cultivated in the same manner as the Ruta- 
baga. 
Cultivation". — In order to produce a succession of crops, at 
least three general sowings are necessary. Near the latitude 
of the city of Washington, for early spring and summer use, 
the seed may be sown broadcast, in dry weather, from the 
middle to the end of September, in rich beds of light earth, 
first raking it in, and then compressing the surface with a 
roller, or gently beating it down with the back of a spade. If 
not followed by rain soon after, water the beds every other 
day until the seed comes up. By the end of October, the 
largest-sized plants will be ready to transfer to a rich, well- 
worked plot of ground, formed into deep drills, eighteen inches 
apart, set one foot asunder, on the southerly or easterly slope 
of each ridge, so that they may have the full benefit of the 
sun, and be sheltered by the tops of the ridges from the cold 
northerly or western winds. At the approach of the first se- 
vere frosts, let the plants be protected by laying straw across 
the drills, and thus let it remain until the return of spring, when 
they should be uncovered and suffered to remain until they 
are ready to lift. The balance of the plants may remain in 
the bed protected during the winter by erecting over them a 
"cold frame," affording them proper ventilation in the day- 
lime, and keeping them closely covered at night. 
In ca^e a supply of plants have not been obtained by the 
above-described method, the seed may be sown in a hot bed 
about the middle of February. 
For a late crop, the seed may be sown during the period of 
