==Kale==—­=see=== borecole==, =page 27=

==Kohl Rabi (Knol Kohl)==

==Brassica oleracea Caulo-rapa==

Kohl Rabi, or Knol Kohl, is comparatively little grown in this country, because we can almost always command tender and tasty Turnips.  On the Continent it is otherwise.  There Kohl Rabi may be seen in every market, and on many a good table, where it proves a most acceptable vegetable.  For all ordinary purposes the green variety is better than the purple.  A small crop of this root should be annually grown in every garden.  In case of failure with Turnips, Kohl Rabi will take their place to tide over an emergency.  When. served it has the flavour of a Turnip with a somewhat nutty tendency, and may be prepared for table in the same manner.

Kohl Rabi is cultivated in much the same way as Turnips.  Seed may be sown at any time from March to August in rows one and a half to two feet apart.  As soon as possible thin the seedlings to three inches apart in the rows, and, as the leaves develop, to six inches apart.  By drawing every other plant some small roots may be obtained early, and the remainder will be left to mature at twelve inches in the rows.  The seedlings may be transplanted, if desired.  Keep the ground clean and the surface open, but care should be taken not to damage the leaves, or in the least degree to earth up the roots.  Any animal that can eat a Turnip will prefer a Kohl Rabi, and when substituted for the Turnip in feeding cows, it does not affect the flavour of the milk.  The plant is hardy, and as a rule may stand, to be drawn as wanted, until the spring is far advanced, when the remnant should be cleared off for the benefit of the animals on the home farm, or be dug in as manure.

==Leek==

==Allium Porrum==

The leek is not so fully appreciated in the southern parts of England as it is in the North, and in Scotland and Wales.  It is a fine vegetable where it is well understood, and when stewed in gravy there is nothing of its class that can surpass it in flavour and wholesomeness.  One reason of its fame in Scotland and the colder parts of Wales is its exceeding hardiness.  The severest winters do not harm the plant, and it may remain in the open ground until wanted, occasioning no trouble for storage.

==Times of Sowing.==—­To obtain large handsome specimens of the finest quality a start must be made in January or early February, and this early sowing is imperative for the production of Leeks for exhibition, as the roots must be given a longer season of growth than is generally allowed for ordinary crops.  It is usual to sow in pans or boxes of moistened soil, placed in a temperature of about 55 deg..  The seeds need only a very light covering of fine soil.  When the seedlings are about two inches high transfer to shallow boxes of rich soil, spacing them three inches apart each way, or the finest may be placed in pots of the 32-size, taking care not to break the one slender root on which the plant depends at this stage.  Grow on in the same temperature until mid-March, when they may be transferred to a cold frame to undergo progressive hardening in readiness for planting out at a favourable opportunity in April.