Sea Kale
« — _ — How is.it that we so seldom see or hear of this extremely wholesome and nutritious vegetable ? It may probably arise from a general belief that it is suitable only for large gardens where it is usually forced for Christmas and winter use by means of extensive earthenware pots and fresh stable manure, whereas it is quite as good, if not better flavored, if permitted to mature unforced and blanching it with saw-dust, cinders, or sand about a foot thick above the crowns of the plants. It will grow in any out-of-the-way corner of the garden, but the soil should be of a light sandy nature and well manured.^ It is raised from seed sown in early spring, and planted out in autumn, but any garden chronicle will describe its proper mode of cultivation. It is said to be an excellent natural sweetener of the blood, and may render the use of medecine or doctors' visits unnecessary. The botanical name of sea kale is " crambe maritirna," and is occasionally found in a wild state on the sea coast of England.— We, are indebted to Mr Goodbehere for, the above, ■
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 76, 24 December 1891, Page 2
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190Sea Kale Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 76, 24 December 1891, Page 2
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