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Kale 
CULTURE —Sow from the middle of April to the beginning of May in pre¬ 
pared beds; transplant in June and treat in the same manner as for Cabbage. 
The quality is improved by a slight freeze in the fall. 
1 ounce will produce 3000 plants 
DWARF BLUE STEM CURLED SCpTCH (55 days)—A hardy type of 
Scotch Kale very popular in the Norfolk district, the plants having a 
distinctive blue-green coloring. 
DWARF CURLED SCpTCH (55 days)—A handsome, very finely curled, 
dwarf spreading variety; foliage long and of an attractive bright green; 
very hardy. (. Illustrated page 46.) 
DWARF CURLED SIBERIAN—GERMAN GREENS (65 days)—A most 
vigorous and spreading variety; leaves are large and rather plain in the 
center, cut and frilled at edges; color is a bluish-green. 
DWARF PURPLE, or BROWN CURLED (55 days)—Similar to Dwarf 
Curled Scotch, excepting in color of foliage, which is a rich purple; very 
hardy. 
TALL CURLED SCOTCH (60 days )—Plants of this variety grow 2 to 3 
feet in height, bearing long, plume-like light green leaves which are 
much cut and deeply curled at the edges; very hardy. 
Kohl Rabi 
Turnip-Rooted Cabbage 
This vegetable, the popularity of which is rapidly increasing, combines 
the virtues of the Turnip and Cabbage, but excels both in nutritive, hardy and 
productive qualities. 
CULTURE —The seed may be sown in June, in rows 18 inches apart, and the 
plants thinned out to 8 or 10 inches in the rows. 
One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill 
EARLY PURPLE VIENNA— Early and with small top; bulbs medium size 
and purple in color; flesh white. 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA— Extremely early, with distinctly small tops. 
Bulbs medium size, very light green or nearly white and of best quality. 
LARGE GREEN, or WHITE— Quite hardy and most productive; grown 
mostly for stock feeding; bulbs often weigh 8 to 10 lbs., and color a 
greenish-white. 
