BORAGE BROCCOLI 49 



Worth growing for its flowers alone, as a vegetable or 

 herb it has not come into general American use, and is 

 offered by few seedsmen. It has no varieties, and is not 

 troubled by pests or diseases. 



Soil should preferably be light, but the plant will 

 thrive in most soils. 



Distances. Rows one foot apart. 



Depth. One-half to one inch. 



Sow when frosts are past, usually late in May, where 

 the plants are to stand. Sow earlier in protected 

 seed-bed. 



Thin or transplant to nine inches in the rows. 



Pick the young leaves only. 



Succession. Sow every three weeks. 



BORECOLE. See Kale. 



BROCCOLI. A biennial plant (Brassica oleracea, var. 

 botrytis) closely resembling the cauliflower, but smaller, 

 tenderer to heat, hardier to frost, and not of such fine 

 quality. The American culture of Broccoli is entirely 

 different from the European, where the plants are 

 usually sown in midsummer and wintered over. They 

 will not come well through our severe and changeable 

 northern winters, if indeed they survive at all; but in 

 the milder parts of the country the French or English 

 methods might be practiced. Varieties offered in 

 America are few. 



