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off, and set out about May 1. Or sow in the open, 

 when the ground is fit, in hills or drills as above. If 

 in hills; sow three to four seeds to a hill, and thin to 

 one plant. Successional sowings are scarcely needed, as 

 the plants will live until winter, if not too heavily 

 cropped. An early spring crop will sometimes come 

 from self-seeding. 



Transplant thinnings if needed, but with care to 

 save as much of the roots as possible. 



Thinning in the drills may be gradual, the young 

 plants eaten. 



Culture. Keep the surface in good condition until 

 the plants cover the ground. 



Fertilize about once in two weeks with nitrate of 

 soda or liquid manure. 



Pick the leaves and shoots as wanted. 



Under glass in the fall. The plants will continue to 

 yield until December if covered with frames where they 

 stand. Or 



Lift and take into the house, where if not too 

 old or exhausted by bearing they will yield throughout 

 the winter. Or 



Mulch young plants in the fall, and they will live 

 through an ordinary winter, although like Spinach they 

 will not always grow vigorously in spring. For this 

 purpose sow the last week in August. 



SPROUTS, BRUSSELS. See Brussels Sprouts. 



