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Green Curled Endive. 
Endive. 
Sow from late in the 
tL shallow drills fourteen inches apart; 
outer lea^is of ° e°“® when fully grown, tie over^the 
outer leaves of a few plants every week or fortnight in dry weather to 
S twenty "days in cLT weather 
o,ipT ?• ' the plant. Rich, mellow soil, in an 
Open situation is most suitable. 
er^e^nlLv‘^«''wn;-o'h^ni‘^®,,^Y?.‘®®‘ variety, with beautifully curled dark 
green leaves, which blanch white, and are very crisp and tender. 
Garlic. 
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 
icady^^ga^beV^* ^hen the tops die off the crop is 
Kohl-Kabi. 
This IS an intermediate between the Cabbage and Turnip. For ah early crop 
start in hot -bed and treat the same as early cabbage; I for late crop sow 
in June or July. Remove the plants early in the Fall and store forWinter use 
the same as turnips. This is a favorite with Europeans, and very superior for 
feeding cows for milk. ^ lor 
'Vienna. Best early variety for table; bulbs white, handsome, 
small, highly esteemed by market gardeners. 
purp[efa des'Sible sm7 *° ‘’"® 
White Vienna Kohl Rabi. 
Kale or 
The Kales are more hardy than Cabbage, make 
improved by frost. Sow from May to June, in 
and cultivate the same as Cabbage. Hall an ounce 
Green Curled Scotch. Very hardy, and is im- 
proved by a moderate frost. Leaves bright green 
l ‘1^® winters in 
the Middle States without protection. 
Borecole. 
excellent greens for winter and spring use, and are 
well prepared soil, covering it thinly and evenly 
will sow a bed of twenty square feet. 
Dwarf Green Curled. This yariety is extensiye- 
ly grown as Winter Greens, sown in the Fall in 
rows one foot apart and treated in eyery way as 
Spinach, it is ready for use in early Spring. 
Green Curled Scotch Kale, or Borecole 
_ Sea Kale. This is quite a favorite with 
Its young shoots are blanched for use. It is 
and treated like the Cabbage. 
many; 
trained 
Sea Kale, 
London Flag Leek. 
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 praotio- 
able, 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 cultivated in this 
country, hardy, of good quality. 
