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bages, at distances of two feet apart each way. These 

 '* Greens," of either variety, when touched by frost, are 

 the most tender and delicate of all the cabbage tribe, and 

 it has always been a matter of wonder to me why their 

 cultivation has not been more general in this country. 

 In Britain they are used very extensively as a wdnter 

 vegetable. The most popular German variety is Purple 

 Borecole. The most popular English variety is Cottager's 

 Kale, very hardy and profitable, more weight of it being 

 grown in the same space than of any other variety. An 

 ounce of each kind is about the average quantity used. 



BROCCOLI {Brassica olcracen var.). 



We persist in growing under the two distinct names of 

 Broccoli and Cauliflower, plants which at best are noth- 

 jnof more than verv nearly related varieties. The main 

 difference between them is, that what we call Broccoli is 

 planted for fall use, while that w^iich we call Cauliflower 

 is planted for spring or summer use ; though in this 

 respect they are frequently reversed without seeming to 

 mind it. For fall use a packet of seed should be sown in 

 the early part of May, which will give plants large enough 

 to be set out in July. Further south the sowii^ig of the 

 seed should be delayed from four to six weeks later, and 

 the plants be set out correspondingly later. Here we put 

 them out in July, though further south it may be de- 

 layed to August or September. In the mild autumn 

 weather of those latitudes this vegetable may be had in 

 perfection from November to March, while with us, if 

 planted out in July it matures during October and 

 November. The plants are set at two and a half to three 

 feet apart, and as a hundred plants? are all that most 

 families would use, it is usually cheaper to buy them, if 

 in a section where they are sold, than to raise the plants 

 from seed. Broccoli requires an abundance of manure. 

 "The varieties are — 



