LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
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Kale or Borecole 
DWARF CURLED SCOTCH. Plant low and com 
pact, but with large, bright, deep green leaves, curled, 
cut and crimped until the whole plant resembles a 
bunch of moss. One of the best sort for use, and when 
well grown and cooked is one of the most palatable 
of vegetables. Pkt., 10c; M lb., 35c. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch. This is very hardy and 
is not injured by a moderate frost. About thirty 
inches tall, with an abundance of dark green leaves 
which are densely curled and cut, forming a very 
beautiful plant. It stands the winter in the middle 
states without any protection. Pkt., 10c; *4 lb., 35c. 
Siberian. Sometimes called Sprouts. In this variety 
the very large, green leaves are comparatively plain in 
the center but coarsely cut and frilled on the edge. 
The plant is low but spreading and very hardy Pkt., 
10c; M lb., 35c. 
Dwarf Curled Scotch. 
Leek 
Large American Flag. 
LARGE AMERICAN 
FLAG. A variety which 
has become very popular 
with market gardeners on 
account of its being 
larger than the London 
Flag. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 
H lb., 90c. 
Large Musselburgh. 
The large variety, often 
three inches in diameter 
and becoming very white 
and tender. A hardy and 
desirable sort. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 30c; U lb., 90c. 
Monstrous Carentan. 
The favorite market va¬ 
riety, large, thick stem, 
of mild flavor and attrac¬ 
tive appearance. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 30c; M lb., 90c. 
London Flag. This is the 
variety generally culti¬ 
vated in this country. It 
is hardy and of good 
quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 14 lb., 90c. 
Culture. This mild member of the onion family is used in soups 
and salads. Sow one ounce to one hundred feet of row and four or 
five pounds to the acre, one-half inch deep, as early as the soil can 
be worked in spring. Thin the plants to a stand of four to six inches 
in twelve to eighteen-inch rows. It is advisable to throw earth to 
the plant to blanch it, very much as celery is blanched. 
Kohlrabi 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA FORCING. An extra early 
variety making bulbs 'I'l/i inches in 55 to 60 days 
after seed is sown outdoors. Has very few short leaves. 
Bulbs are sweet and tender. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; 34 lb., 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Early Purple Vienna Forcing. Bluish purple; similar 
to above, except color. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; 34 lb., $1.00. 
Large Green. Hardy, quite late, and used for feeding 
stock. Bulbs large, weighing eight to ten pounds, 
whitish green in color: leaves large and numerous. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 34 lb., 65c. 
Culture. Plant in 18 to 24-inch rows as early as the ground can be 
worked in the spring, thinning out to stand 4 inches apart in the row. 
Bulbs should be used when they are 2 to 2 x /l inches in diameter and 
cooked same as turnips. Sometimes planted in hotbeds and trans¬ 
planted for very early maturing Kohlrabi. Once ounce plants 300 feet 
and 4 pounds an acre. 
Culture. In Virginia, kale plant¬ 
ed in late August has some of 
its plants thinned out and sent to 
market within sixty days and the 
cutting then continues until the 
field is clean in April. Further 
north, kale is treated like a cab¬ 
bage; that is, planted early in 
spring in hotbeds or out-of-doors 
and it is used in the fall when 
light frosts have improved it. 
Kale is sown in two and three- 
foot drills and then thinned to 
six to twenty-four inches, accord¬ 
ing to varieties. One ounce sows 
generously one hundred yards and 
four pounds plant an acre. 
Early White Vienna. 
Do not fail to plant 
a row or two of Kohl¬ 
rabi in your garden 
this year as it is one 
of the finest of vege¬ 
tables. 
