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better to grow onions from sets planted three inches 
apart, in drills. Sets are small onions grown the pre¬ 
vious year, from seed sown quite thickly. Sets may 
be planted very early, as they will not be injured 
even if the ground should freeze after they are planted. 
Wethersfield and Danvers are good varieties. For extra 
large specimens, select Italian varieties. 
KOHL RABI, EARLY CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER. 
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Seed of kohl rabi, early cabbage and cauliflower 
should be sown in a hotbed, and the plants trans¬ 
planted to the open ground when four inches high. 
Kohl rabi is grown for its turnip-shaped bulb, 
which is formed above ground, by the expansion of 
the stem. The bulb should be used while young 
and tender, as age detracts from its good quality. Set 
the plants eight inches apart in the row. For later 
use sow seed in drills and thin to the proper distance 
apart. When well grown and properly prepared for 
the table, the kohl rabi is one of the most desirable 
of vegetables, and should be in every garden. Early 
White Vienna is the best variety. 
Plant early cabbage in rows, with plants eighteen 
inches apart in the row. After trying several dif¬ 
ferent sorts I have decided upon Early Jersey Wake - 
field , Early Flat Dutch , and Fottler’s Brunswick , as the 
best varieties for this latitude, and, as the cabbage 
worm has made late cabbage an uncertain crop for 
several years past here, in southern Illinois, we have 
planted largely of the Early Flat Dutch cabbage and 
had it picked and put up before the cabbage worm 
