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very severe winters, the plants require a little 

 protection. 



The Borecole is generally known in England 

 by the name of Scotch kale, and in Scotland 

 by that of German greens. There are many 

 different subvarieties, fourteen of which are 

 enumerated in the Encyclopcedia of Garden- 

 ing ; bat all the kinds agree in being generally 

 sown in April, and transplanted in June They 

 require no other culture except hoeing and earth- 

 ing up; and, as they are exceedingly hardy, 

 they are very valuable vegetables for winter 

 use. 



The Leguminous Tribe. — Vegetables belong- 

 ing to this tribe generally occupy the ground 

 but a few months in the summer, and are thus 

 very suitable, in the rotation of crops, to pre- 

 cede or follow those of the cabbage tribe, which 

 occupy the ground the greater part of a year. 



Peas. — The list of peas is almost inter- 

 minable, and it is continually chancing; so 

 that what may be considered the fashionable 

 peas of one season are generally superseded 

 the next by some others, to which every pos- 

 sible merit is attributed. There are, however, 

 some very distinct kinds, the principal of which 

 are : the Dwarf early kinds, which are dry and 

 mealy when full-grown, and become whitish 

 when they are old; the Prussian and Marrow- 

 fat Peas, which are soft and juicy, with a rich 

 marrowy flavour, and which remain green even 

 when quite ripe ; the Early Surprise, which 

 unites the advantages of both kinds, being 

 ready for the table the first week in July, and 



