HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-04-26, Page 39� Chinese cabbage can taste as good as it can look
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Next to lettuce, Chinese cab-
bage is the best green salad
ingredient. Its leaves can be used
whole to line salad bowls or heads
can be cross cut into ringlets for
tossed salads. If you or your
family are fond of salads, you
really should grow Chinese
cabbage as a change of pace.
Chinese cabbage, if you are not
familiar with it, tastes not at all
like regular cabbage. Its pleasant
piquant taste and texture are
actually better suited to salads
than to cooking, even though
lightly steamed and buttered
Chinese cabbage is a delicacy.
Some gardeners have been
disappointed with growing their
New diagnostic service
for all plant growers
Homeowners as well as the
agricultural industry can now get
answers to their questions and
problems from a new pest
diagnostic and services clinic at
the University of Guelph. The
clinic is offered with the support
of funds provided through the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
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The clinic will deal with
questions relating to the iden-
tification and control of pests, the
identification of plants, and the
many problems encountered by
horticulturists and homeowners
in growing plants.
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problems have been brought to
the University of Guelph, and
referred to faculty members in
several departments for an-
swers. Among those who
responded to such queries were
the late Prof. J. C. Taylor, and
Professors H. Goble and C. B.
Kelly, who recently retired from
their faculty positions.
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sultants so that the clinic can
serve a broad function to the
agricultural industry, ancillary
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Enquiries and specimens for
diagnosis should be sent or
delivered to: Pest Diagnostic and
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Environmental Biology, Room B
14, Graham Hall, University of
Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, NIG
2W1. Telephone: (519) 824-4120
Ext. 2701.
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cabbage needs several weeks of
cool weather to form those big,
tightly wrapped heads.
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Chinese cabbage throughout the
Midwest and South is after July
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Spring planted crops of Chinese
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cabbage are "chancey"
anywhere, even if you get seeds
in the ground extremely early.
One way to assure a good
spring crop of Chinese cabbage is
to plant seeds under a tunnel
made of clear plastic sheeting or
an arch of corrugated clear
fiberglass.
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