Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 IHENRTADREER -PHILADELPHIA'%%%%%%%% W RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 27 KALE, or BORECOLE Breton, Sp. Gruner oder Blmtterkold, Ger. Chou Vert, Fr. One ounce of seed will produce about 5,000 plants. Culture.—The Kales are more hardy than Cabbage, make excellent greens for winter and spring use, and are improved by frost. Sow from May to June, and cultivate the same as Cabbage. For early spring use sow in September, and protect during winter. Some of the varieties are so hardy that the green leaves may be du
Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 IHENRTADREER -PHILADELPHIA'%%%%%%%% W RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 27 KALE, or BORECOLE Breton, Sp. Gruner oder Blmtterkold, Ger. Chou Vert, Fr. One ounce of seed will produce about 5,000 plants. Culture.—The Kales are more hardy than Cabbage, make excellent greens for winter and spring use, and are improved by frost. Sow from May to June, and cultivate the same as Cabbage. For early spring use sow in September, and protect during winter. Some of the varieties are so hardy that the green leaves may be dug out from under the snow in winter and used for greens. Dreer's Imperial Long Standing Kale. (See cut.) Leaves are of spreading habit, very large, beautifully curled and crimped and of a bright green color. Very hardy and will furnish an abundance of greens during fall and winter. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; i lb., 40cts.; lb., $ Dwarf Green Curled German. Very hardy, leaves yellow- ish-green, compact and beautifully curled. Leaves are long, deeply cut, and quite ornamental. Pkt, 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb., $ Dwarf Curled Scotch. Leaves bright green, curled, \ery tender and fine flavored. It is largely grown in the Southern States, also very hardy in the north, and the quality and flavor are excellent. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; J lb., 30cts.; lb., $ Sea Kale. When blanched, the leaf stalks are cooked and served like asparagus, or the leaves may be used as greens. Sea Kale may be blanched by placing a flower-pot over the crown of plant, first closing the hole at bottom in order to ex- clude the light. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; \ lb., 60 cts.; lb., $ KOHL=RABI (Turnip=rooted Cabbage.) Kohl-Rabi, Ger. Chou Rave, Fr. Colde Nabo o Nabicol, Sp. One ounce of seed will sow a drill of about 300 feet. Culture. The edible part is the bulb, which grows on a stalk a few inches above ground. Sow seed in drills, allowing 16 or 18 inches' space between
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