The Cultivation of Vegetables 67 
plants should be examined regularly, and all dead or 
decaying leaves removed; otherwise they may cause injury 
to the sprouts themselves, besides spoiling the general 
appearance of the garden. Care should be exercised 
when picking the sprouts to take those which have 
matured first, or some may open out and be spoilt. 
Again, sprouts of the same size should be taken at each 
picking. If sprouts of different sizes are taken, and 
cooked together, some will be spoilt before the others 
are properly cooked. 
Varieties — 
Bobbie’s Selected. 
Sutton’s Matchless. 
Aigburth. 
BORECOLE OR KALE 
This is the hardiest of all the groups of this family, 
and is therefore suitable for supplying us with a nice, 
succulent green vegetable at a time of the year when 
there is nothing else in the open garden. This is why 
it should find a place in every garden, from the largest 
establishment to the smallest kitchen plot of ground. 
Being so hardy, Kale does not require any special 
care, further than the ordinary care of sowing thinly, so 
as to get good, strong, healthy plants at planting-out 
time. The seed may be sown in April, and as soon as 
the plants are large enough they may be planted out in 
well -dug and well -manured ground, in rows 2 ft. apart 
with 18 in. between the plants in the row. 
Kale will thrive on almost any soil, light or heavy, 
rich or poor. However, to get the best and most 
