VEGETABLES NOT GENERALLY GROWN.

Patea Mail, 17 May 1882, Page 4

VEGETABLES NOT GENERALLY GROWN.

There are a number of vegetables say's the American Agriculturist much esteemed by some, that do hot seem to have made their way into the farm garden. KohlHabi is one of these; It has been called “Turnip-cabbage.” It is like a small cabbage with a globular stem ; it is of easy culture,: and if taken when young, is much superior to early turnips. If left until too old, it is very stringy. When rapidly 7 grown it is edible when 4 inches through, but 2 or 3 inches is the usual size. It is to be sown like beets, and thinned to 6or 8 inches. Leeks are much valued by 7 many in soups ; and stews.; They 7 are hardy, and may be sown early in rich soil; when 4pr 5 inches high thin to 6 inches in the row, handling carefully; and transplant thinnings to other rows at the same distance. Cardoon is a tall, thistle-like plant, the thick leaf-stalks of which are blanched and stewed. It is rarely seen in this country, but ,it is highly esteemed by those who live in Europe. Sorrel, quite different from the wild plants known by the name. Its leaves are somewhat like those of a Dock. It is pleasantly acid, and is cooked either by itself or mixed with spinach. Salsify 7 or “Vegetable Oyster” is a very good thing to have. It stands any amount;'of freezing, and comes out perfect in spring, just when one wants some succulent root for a change from potatoes. Dug, washed clean, and scraped, and Boiled soft, it eats well. A few bits of salt . codfish added, make it resemble cooked oysters, in some people’s imagination ; hence its common name. It grows very much, like carrots, and is to be treated similarly. Sow in drills 15 inches apart,: in April (October); thin to 3 inches, keep the weeds down during summer; and leave it until wanted in spring, but it may be drawn upon at any time. Some prefer the Scorzonera, or. Black Salsify 7, but the common white Seems of equally good quality, and it looks better on the dish. We al way's want a 15 or 20-foot row of for each member of the household.