
SEED GROWERS 
KALE OR BORECOLE 
CuttureE. In Virginia, kale planted 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 cabbage; 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, according to varieties. “One ounce sows generously 
one hundred yards and four pounds plant an acre. | 
DWARF BLUE SCOTCH 55 
Plant has wide-spreading, finely curled blue-green, plume-like leaves and 
stands about 14 inches in height. ; 
DWARF CURLED SCOTCH 55 
Plant low and compact, but with large, bright, deep green leaves, curled, 
cut and crimped until the whole plant resembles a bunch of moss. One 
of the best and most dependable types. When well grown and cooked is 
one of the most palatable of vegetables. Used as greens. 
SIBERIAN OR SPROUTS 65 
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. 
TALL CURLED SCOTCH 60 
About 30 inches tall, with an abundance of dark green leaves, which are 
densely curled and cut, forming a very beautiful plant. It stands the win- 
ter in the middle states without any protection. 
KOHL-RABI 
CuLtureE. 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% inches in diameter and 
cooked same as turnips. Sometimes planted in hotbeds and transplanted 
for very early maturing Kohl-rabi. One-third ounce plants 100 feet and 4 
pounds an acre. Number of days given is from planting to edible bulbs. 
EARLY PURPLE VIENNA FORCING | 60 
Bluish purple, similar to Early White Vienna Forcing except in color. 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA FORCING 55 
An extra early variety making bulbs 2-214 inches in 55 to 60 days after 
seed is sown outdoors. Has very few short leaves. Bulbs are sweet and 
tender. 
LARGE GREEN (hs 
Hardy, quite late, and used for feeding stock. Bulbs large, weighing 8 
to 10 pounds; whitish-green in color, Leaves large and numerous. 
LEEK 
CuLturRE. 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. 
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG ~~. ie 
Makes large, dark green leaves and medium large bulbs on a pure white 
stem 114 to 2 inches by 7 inches. It is very hardy and productive. 
LARGE MUSSELBURG 
The large variety, often 3 inches in diameter, and becoming very white 
and, tender. A hardy and desirable sort. 
LONDON FLAG 
Stems 8 to 10 inches long, 1% inches thick; white. Leaves large, dark 
green, drooping backwards. 
TROUS CARENTAN | 
aoe favorite market variety; large, thick stem of mild flavor, and attractive 
appearance. 
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