On the Kohl-Rabi. 
507 
distinct variety. The bulb is a pale green, irregularly shaped, 
inclining more to the oblong than tlie round, and the skin is 
coarser than in any other kind. The leaves (fig. G) bear a re- 
semblance to those of the artichoke : hence its name. The 
foliage is highly ornamental when growing, but the A ariety has 
no particular quality to recommend it, in preference to others, for 
either field or garden culture. It is supposed to be specially 
adapted for poor and hungry soils ; but experiments are required 
to confirm this. This variety, in external form, approaches 
nearest to that figured in Gerarde's ' Herbal ' (fig. 1). 
9. Neapolitan Curled-leaved Kohl-Rabi. — This is also a very 
distinct variety. The foliage (fig. 7) resembles that of the curled 
Fig. 7. — Leaf of Neapolitan curled- Fig. 8. — Eai-ly white Vienna Kohl-Rabi.*' 
leaved Kohl-Rabi. 
*4Fig. 8, by a mistake of the engraver, has been drawn, as compared with the 
others, much too large. Its size, in relation to No. 3, for instance, should be one- 
half less. 
