. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 530 RAPE RAPE Cyclopedia of Agriculture, Wilcox & Smith, Orange Judd Company; Principles of Vegetable-Gardening, L. H. Bailey, The Macmillan Company. For insects and diseases. New Jersey Experiment Station, Bul- letin No. 94 ; New York State Station, Bulletins Nos. 75,119; Massachusetts State Report, 1892, p. 225; same, 1890, p. 211. There is little literature on the growing of these plants for stock- feeding ; the above references are to horticultural writings chiefly. RAPE. Brassica Napus, Linn. Cruciferm. Figs. 765-767.
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 530 RAPE RAPE Cyclopedia of Agriculture, Wilcox & Smith, Orange Judd Company; Principles of Vegetable-Gardening, L. H. Bailey, The Macmillan Company. For insects and diseases. New Jersey Experiment Station, Bul- letin No. 94 ; New York State Station, Bulletins Nos. 75,119; Massachusetts State Report, 1892, p. 225; same, 1890, p. 211. There is little literature on the growing of these plants for stock- feeding ; the above references are to horticultural writings chiefly. RAPE. Brassica Napus, Linn. Cruciferm. Figs. 765-767. By ^. L. Stone. Rape is grown primarily for forage and for the manufacture of oil from its seeds ; also for bird- seed. It is closely related to the mustard, cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, kale and turnip. In appear- ance it very closely resembles the rutabaga or Swe- } <, f^%-^^^J^;i. ~v Pig. 761. Dwarf Essex rape, showing growth of two months. dish turnip. Unlike the rutabaga, however, the rape plant runs almost entirely to leaves, and its roots, instead of being bulbous like the rutabaga, are fusiform or stringy, and resemble those of the cab- bage. The leaves of the rape have the bluish shade characteristic of the rutabaga, and are variously cut and curled. The leaves grow very rank and are sweet, tender and very succulent. The plants grow to be one to four or more feet tall, according to soil and season. Rape may be either annual or biennial, depend- ing on the variety. The annual or summer varie- ties are grown almost entirely for purposes of seed production, while the biennial or winter sorts are cultivated for forage purposes. In either case, at flowering time the plant bears large numbers of bright yellow flowers about one-half inch in length and the same in diameter at the crown. The seeds are small and black, with roughened seed-coats, and to the uninstructed are diflicult to distinguish from those of other members of the mustard family. The annual varieties are
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