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Green Curled Endive. 
Endive. 
One of the best Salads for fall and winter use. Sow from late in the 
spring to the middle of Summer, in shallow drills fourteen inches apart; thin 
the plants to one foot in drills, and when fully 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. Eioh, 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. 
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 fine inches 
Lpart in the rows. Cultivate like onions. When the tops die off the crop is ready 
to gather. 
Kohl-Rabi. 
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 A\ inter use, 
the same as turnips. This is a favorite with Europeans, and very superior lor 
feeding cows for milk. 
Early White Vienna. Best early variety for table; bulbs white, handsome, 
small, highly esteemed by market gardeners. _ 
Early Purple. Very similar to the last, except in color, which is a bright White Vienna Kohl-Rabi. 
ourplc, a desirable sort. 
Kale or Borecole. 
TT , „ vo-ra.. iVioT, CnViViBBe make excellent greens lor winter and spring use, and are im 
provL"ly^t:^sr?rSay to ^unetfn ^11 Vrepared s^oil, covering it thinly and evenly, and culti. 
. vate the Lme as Cabbage. Half an ounce will sow a bed of twenty square feeU 
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. 
Dwarf Green Curled. This variety is exten- 
sively 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. 
Sea Kale. This is quite a favorite with many; 
its young shoots are blanched for use. It is trained 
and treated like the Cabbage. 
Green Curled Scotou Kale or Borecole. 
Sea Kale. 
London Flag Leek. 
i Lock. 
The Leek is very hardy and easily cultivated; it succeeds best 
in a light but well enriched soil. Sow as early in spring as prac- 
ticable, 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. 
Carentan or Scotch Champion. An extra large variety from 
Scotland, growing rapidly, and very hardy. 
