On the Kohl-Rahi. 
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grown in our Experimental Grounds near Edinburgh, Thej are 
all what may be called " well-grown " plants, having little 
tendency to grow a woody pedestal stem, the bulb commencing 
generally about two inches or less above the ground. 
We have eleven varieties in our experimental grounds, nine of 
which aie adapted for field crops. 
1. Early Green or White Kohl-Rahi (see fig. 2). {Syn., Chou 
fig. 2. — Early green Kohl-Rabi. 
rave blanc hatif, Fr.; Khol-Rabi mittelfriiher grosser feiner weisser 
glass, Ger. ; Cavolo rapa bianco, Ital.). — This variety is best 
adapted for the earliest sowings, when it is desired to have two 
successive crops. It does not grow to so large a size as No. 3, 
but sets earlier !'even when sown at the same time. The bulb * 
* The word bulb is used throughout this paper (although erroneously in a 
botanical sense) as the most covcise and expressive mode of distinguishing the 
abnormal fleshy development of the root-stem. A better word would be ball ; but 
as the former is generally used and understood, we have no hesitation in adopting it. 
