. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES. 479 il only because of its colour. The roots are habitually used in I he winter, and when properly cooked and served with sauce have been termed vegetable oysters. Seeds of both may be sown in shal ow drills thinly in April. These drills should be about 13in. apart. When the plants are a few inches in height they should be thinned out to 4in. apart. The roots are about the size round of a man's thumb, when well grown, and 6in. long. They may be lifted in November and store
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES. 479 il only because of its colour. The roots are habitually used in I he winter, and when properly cooked and served with sauce have been termed vegetable oysters. Seeds of both may be sown in shal ow drills thinly in April. These drills should be about 13in. apart. When the plants are a few inches in height they should be thinned out to 4in. apart. The roots are about the size round of a man's thumb, when well grown, and 6in. long. They may be lifted in November and stored in a cool place in dry sand, ready for use as needed during lhe winter. Seakaie. --- The old style of culture of this valuable winter vegetable consisted in planting roots in trebles, and in clumps in some corner of I lie garden, and then in future winters, after the leaves had died down, placing large pots over the clumps, covering these up with long manure and leaves, and thus causing the crowns to break into growth a few weeks earlier than would be the case il uncovered. The Kale so produced was very good, but too commonly lasted of the manure. The rule now is to start, where there is no root stock, by raising plants from seed sown in drills, 2oin. apart, on good deep-worked and well-manured soil. The sowing should be made about the middle of April. When the seedlings are fully up, they should be thinned out to loin, apart in the rows. Once during the summer a light dressing of salt may be sprinkled amongst the plants, and be well hoed in. Very soon the soil is covered with strong leafage. This will die away in the winter. The roots should then be care- fully lifted, and have every side root hard trimmed from them, laying these side roots all one way. The main roots, with crowns attached, should then be laid in thickly in soil where they can be obtained for blanching or forcing as needed during the winter. The side roots should then be made into cuttings of from 4m. to 5m.
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