going.

RED-SKINNED.

Like the Purple-skinned, produced from seed. Skin red. Between this and
the last named there are various intermediate sorts, differing in shades
of color, as well as in size, form, and quality.

YELLOW-SKINNED. _Law._

The tubers of this variety are of a yellowish color, and are generally
smaller, and even more irregularly shaped, than those of the Common
White. They are, however, superior in quality, and of a more agreeable
taste when cooked.

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KOHL RABI.

TURNIP CABBAGE.

Brassica caulo-rapa.

[Illustration: Green Kohl Rabi.]

The Kohl Rabi is a vegetable intermediate between the cabbage and the
turnip. The stem, just above the surface of the ground, swells into a
round, fleshy bulb, in form not unlike a turnip. On the top and about
the surface of this bulb are put forth its leaves, which are similar to
those of the Swede turnips; being either lobed or entire on the borders,
according to the variety. The seeds are produced the second year; after
the ripening of which, the bulb perishes.

_Sowing and Cultivation._--Mr. Thompson's directions are as follows:
"Kohl Rabi may be sown thinly, broadcast, or in drills four inches
apart, in April, May, or June. When the young plants are an inch or two
in height, they may be transplanted into any good, well-enriched piece
of ground, planting them eight inches apart, in rows fifteen inches
asunder, and not deeper in the ground than they were in the seed-bed.
Water should be given till they take fresh root, and subsequently in dry
weather as required; for though the plants suffer little from droughts,
yet the tenderness of the produce is greatly impaired by an insufficient
supply of moisture. With the exception of stirring the ground and
weeding, no further culture is required. The crop will be fit for use
when the bulbs are of the size of an early Dutch turnip: when allowed to
grow much larger, they are only fit for cattle. Of field varieties, the
bulbs sometimes attain an immense size; weighing, in some cases,
fourteen pounds."

_Seed._--Take up a few plants entire in autumn; preserve them during
winter in the manner of cabbages or turnips; and transplant to the open
ground in April, two feet apart in each direction. The seeds are not
distinguishable from those of the Swede or Ruta-baga Turnip, and retain
their vitality from five to seven years.

_Use._--The part chiefly used is the turnip-looki