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second week in April ; and a third the first week of June. These 
sowings may be transplanted respectively : the first in May, at 
18 inches apart; the second in June, at 16 inches ; and the third 
at the end of July or beginning of August, at from 12 to 14 
inches, according: to soil and climate. It will, of course, be 
understood that moist weather must be chosen for performing 
the operation of transplanting ; for if done in dry weather, 
and no rain falls for several days after, flagging will take place 
and the bulk of the crop suffer. Blanks may, however, be 
filled up from the seed-bed where plants entirely fail ; and to 
provide for this contingency a moderate number should always 
be kept in reserve. If not wanted for this purpose, they will 
be useful for filling up blanks in the swedes or turnips. For 
this purpose seed may be sown at intervals even to the end ol 
June : and we find that this is the practice in many parts of 
Ireland. All thinsfs being favourable at the time of trans- 
planting and the plants rooting well, the farmer may calculate 
with certainty on his crop. 
In a letter we have received from Mr. William Kelly, land- 
steward, Portrane, he states that he has sown the seed in August 
and transplanted to the drills in March following, the same as 
drumhead cabbage. He adds, " I have done this once and it 
answered well." Although we are not disposed to recommend 
this plan, we should like to hear of further experiments in this 
dkection. 
Cultivation by Drilling the Seed. 
We have little experience in the growing of Kohl-Rabi by this 
method ; but if, after what we have already stated, any grower 
should wish to make an experiment, the ordinary system of turnip 
husbandry may be followed. Mr. Innes, the factor of Colonel 
North, of Wroxton Abbey, who has for many years paid attention 
to the growth of the Kohl-Rabi, informs us that he has sown it at 
the same time as swedes, but, not being satisfied with the result, 
has returned to the system of transplanting. He says that the tops 
of those drilled were larger, but the bulbs not so fine as those which 
were transplanted. This, however, as he very naturally supposes, 
may have arisen from the seed being sown too late. As pre- 
viously noted, the evidence of Mr. Boyle of the model farm at 
Glasnevin is to the same effect. The only observation we have 
to make, in the event of drilling, is, to take care that the opera- 
tion of hoeing is not performed in wet weather, for a check would 
be given to the growth of the plants that they never would recover. 
In hoeing, it is a good practice to leave the rows in tufts with a 
few plants in each, clearing away a foot square between them, not 
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