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grown, tie over the outer leaves of a few plants 
every week or fortnight in dry weather, to blanch, 
which takes ten days in hot, and twenty days in 
cool weather. Draw up a little earth to the base of 
the plant. Bich, mellow soil, in an open situation 
is most suitable. 
Green Curled- Is the hardiest variety, with 
beautifully curled dark green leaves, which blanch 
white, and are very crisp and tender. 
Green Oarlei Endive. 
Garlic. 
This is extensively used for flavoring soups, 
stews, etc. The sets should be planted early in 
spring in rich soil in rows one foot apart, and 
from three to five inches apart in the rows. Culti- 
vate like onions. When the tops die off the crop 
is ready to gather. 
Kohl-Babi. 
This is an intermediate between the Cabbage 
and Turnip. For an early crop start in hot-bed 
and treat the same as early cabbage; if for late crop, 
sow in June or July. Remove the plants early in 
the Fall and store for Winter use, the same as tur- 
nips. This is a favorite with Europeans, and very 
superior for feeding cows for milk. 
Early white Vienna. Best early variety for 
table; bulbs white, handsome, small, highly es- 
teemed by market gardeners. 
White Vienna Kohl Rabi. 
Early Purple- Very similar to the last, except 
in color, which is a bright purple; a desirable sort. 
Kale or Borecole. 
Tne Kales are more hardy than Cabbage, make 
excellent greens for winter and spring use, and 
are improved by frost. Sow from May to June, in 
well prepared soil, covering it thinly and evenly 
and cultivate the same as Cabbage. Half an ounce 
will sow a bed of twenty square feet. 
Dwarf Green Curled. This variety is extensive- 
ly grown as Winter Greens, sown in the Fall, in 
rows one foot apart and treated in every way as 
Spinach, it is ready for use in early Spring. 
Green Curled Scotch- Very hardy, and is im- 
proved by a moderate frost. Leaves bright green 
and beautifully curled. It stands the winters in 
the Middle States without protection. 
Green Curled Scotcli Kale, or Borecole. 
Sea Kale- This is quite a favorite with many; 
its young shoots are blanched for use. It is trained 
and treated like the Cabbage. 
Sea Kale. 
Leek. 
The Leek is very hardy and easily cultivated; it 
succeeds best in a light but well enriched soil. Sow 
as early in spring as practicable, in drills one inch 
deep and one foot apart. When six or eight inches 
high, they may be transplanted in rows ten inches 
apart each way, as deep as possible, that the neck, 
being covered, may be blanched. If fine Leeks are 
desired, the ground can hardly be made too rich. 
London Flag- The variety most generally culti- 
vated in this country, hardy, of good quality. 
Lettuce. 
Lettuce thrives best in rich, moist ground. For 
successive crops, sowing may be made in the open 
ground as early as the spring opens, and continuing 
until July. Always thin out well or the plants will 
not be strong. When wanted as a out salad, sow 
the seed thickly in rows or broadcast. 
Early Curled Silesia- A fine early curled vari- 
ety which does not head, leaves large, tender and of 
fine flavor. 
