Kohl Rabi Culture.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 317, 17 November 1888, Page 6

Kohl Rabi Culture.

Wft'^have -dn' previous numbers of The Fajjm >:Roften drj \vnatten bion fco the mt ri to of | Krthl Jtabi as a vegetable and al^o as, a forage erd'p for"cattle. We give herewith an illustration of bhis planfc,p 1 anfc, and an article from the~p'en of Mr Charles-E. Parnell, a wiiter on gaixlenimj mabfce'ro in A«ni.ncan rural journals.- Ifc-will scarcely bd needful to remiricl our reader- t'l'ifc May, June, and July corrgs|jond in sc,U'>on fc i -No\tsmbor, December, .and January, in 2-Jow Zealand, [n bho si ocfch of this colony the latter part, of October .would p-- rhai sbo the cquivnlenb of Martin the northern blatesoi Ameriuu. Mr Pariiell^ays • — . ■ The kphl/abi, or tnrni[»-iopted cabbage i.s a vegetable, frliat beai» tnoieo^i ressmblanee to a ruba ba^a than to a cabbage, .'dthuqgh tis more genei ally inclii'ie.l in the labbe

class. - Of late, however, it appeals to be,atr-' frabting^consid'erabWattentipn, andthis is>_ajj ib slfould bettor it/ is an excellent vegetable and'sfiould Be found in cvuiyajyiuteur.'.? gai^, den". ' it 'is one of^ those vegeLabieslwi^ofc.e, chaVact<jr 'depends essentially on the ina;jpeic.' in which they have been {ji'mvn. . (jro\yn slowl/ aiKi'iTr poor "soil,' ihe _ roots wilt bj, utterly 1 unfit; fo'r f u«e',' while if the conditions, are'reversed it will prove _to ( ,be an excellent ve^etableV deserving' pi all (/hat can^be^said/ in it? praise. 'It! i& used 'mostly in the fa 11,,, and is in 'its bc'sfe condition, when the rqot is abolit 1 three inches in* diameter. . If used,! younger' ifc v "will p'artai<e too' much'*qf, the taste of , the cabba|re^ and if ol^e'r it is' 1 diy>tough'aiid.'utterly uniif for 'fpod. ['' , t ' , ' f 4 Ih''6fder*to'H'ave it at iLs'best, itshduld be grdivn'Ts' rapidly as p^s'Aible, and to effect, this.ltf-snould be given a d t q6p, Well-en- 1 riched soil,- one jbh'at has been *given a good , dressing of well j deca!yed stable manui c, aud ' had' ilJcleepty'and thoroughly' incorporated, with o the -£oil jSy means v of'the plough', ]^ M thorough harrpwing should ,then OtT^ivm^ so as to level 'it oil as smoothly as possible,' when' it 'should be niatked off in dfiilfcabput^ an inch in depth and two fool npart. ' The seed shpuldi besqwn^aboub ( the first week n July. , Sow .thinly ..-poyering.-tq the depbh^ of 1 haltan incljjjan^ if the s g:poun4'i.s afc, all* dry at th^ tujpo^QJ: s firm it.wellj around the seecfg injOiTde^ to en/3upo,a quick germina't tion?^iVs'sp6n as ( the y ) oungpjp.nt-j,ai*elargej enough* to handle they^^should be\Ahinned s ou^?so li th"atl,jti^qy l \viii stanjcli^boub pightt incjieSjapl^^.^j.thp event of, wet .wea'ther,t» the '^ffipn^ngs, » c^)b e f transpl/^ted in'toV,ows; simil^, s6 j^o^G,in^g.yjrh^ch, tjijo^-^edsjuveve' sowa^r/, Thig/ ,i 3 i rathei| ?T ; 'diffi-»i1 •- cult, ' Bub I never bad the lea:it;fcrpiibleV-care' j

lieiupf ta^eu i t9.perfo^ji3 r tl]^ /( op9mUo < n ( ggust]^ t ] previpus ,to or after rain, and in p}an.{ting,tip tirn^ the soil well around the roots t)ie^ plani/S. ,v, v - * , ,■, r , ' - < Tho growing crop should, bo ,\vell culfci- , vatcd .and freely hoed £0 as to secure a rapid growth fcom tho start as well a^ bo 1 keep it clean and free frpm Vfftc^.f, .-,. ,, T ,-, , 4Vv ,i <„,, % ifc is desired to.obLaiijkpjlil.^alii'.eaulyun, the sonson. bho first .«• owing: should bemad© early in May. x and ndcUtipnal sowings made in Juno and July .in. order to obtain a con- . stont succession.- • ;; r > t » t( The vari^fcicp t ino?l jjonevally sfrown are(ho Early )yhito and E,arly Pjurplo Vienna. The former is £Ci'CGni?-h.whi,tc,.on (;ho pu^side^ wl\\le the flcßili is whito;\nd tender. ? ,,It ii the be^t niarlceh sorb. v The latter,, is .almost, identical with the former except.^q jts outside colour \yh,iuh is grocuish pur.plo.,