. Burpee's seeds that grow for 1902 : wholesale catalogue for market gardeners, florists, and farmers' clubs. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. KALE, or BORECOLE. Used as boiling-greens during the winter and spring. The dwarf varieties are sown quite thickly, three pounds per acre, broadcast or in drills, on freshly plowed ground, early in the fall; and the small heads are sent to market in barrels like spinach. See illustration herewith of the Dwarf German Curled, oxGei tna7i Greens^ The tall and f
. Burpee's seeds that grow for 1902 : wholesale catalogue for market gardeners, florists, and farmers' clubs. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. KALE, or BORECOLE. Used as boiling-greens during the winter and spring. The dwarf varieties are sown quite thickly, three pounds per acre, broadcast or in drills, on freshly plowed ground, early in the fall; and the small heads are sent to market in barrels like spinach. See illustration herewith of the Dwarf German Curled, oxGei tna7i Greens^ The tall and finely mossed sorts are usually grown from plants started and transplanted to regular rows three feet apart, like cabbages, and are highly esteemed for their handsome appearance and superior quality. One ounce of seed should sow 300 feet of drill, and two ounces give sufficient plants to set one acre of land, eighteen inches by three feet. Dwarf German, or Dwarf Curled Scotch (Dwarf Siberian). Tlie Per oz. %%. Per ft). ^vell-kno^yn true German Greens, $0 07 $0 20 $0 60 German Dwarf Purple. Deep purple, curled leaves, .... 10 25 80 Curled Mosbach. Light-green leaves ; very curled, 10 30 1 00 Tall Green Curled Scotch. Two and one-half feet high, . . 7 20 60 ]^°" In regular-size packets, each of the above, 5 cents per packet. KOHL=RABI, or Turnip=Rooted Cabbage. Grown in the same manner as cabbage, though the seed may be sown thinly in drills where the plants are to stand, and when well started, thinned out to eight inches apart, but the best results will be had from transplanted plants in rich, well-cultivated .soil. The bulbs must grow quickly and be gathered for market while young and tender, so that several plantings should be made rather than a large area at one time. Early White and Early Purple Vie^ina are the best for table use. The Large Green or White, being large and coarse-fleshed, is suitable for stock only. One ounce of seed sown thinly will furnish about 2000 p
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