50 KITCHEN-GARDENING. 



places erected for a vegetable that yields such a delicious 

 repast, at a time when other luxuries of the garden cannot be 

 obtained. 



It has been proved by repeated experiments, that the Pur 

 ple Cape Broccoli succeeds better in our climate than any 

 other variety ; and also, that if Broccoli or Cauliflower plants 

 be retarded in growth by extreme heat, they seldom arrive at 

 full perfection. It is therefore important that the time of sow 

 ing the seed of Cape Broccoli be so regulated as to allow six 

 weeks of the summer for the plants to grow in, previous to 

 their being transplanted, and about seven or eight weeks 

 between that and the commencement of cool autumn weather, 

 which is essential to mature them. 



If seed be sown much before the middle of May, or so early 

 that the plants arrive at full growth in the heat of summer, 

 and thereby become stunted, they generally button, instead of 

 forming perfect heads of flowers, and are consequently of no 

 use but for cattle. 



In some of the Southern States late planting of Broccoli and 

 Cauliflower succeeds better than early, because the winters are 

 calculated to mature these vegetables, from their not being sub 

 ject to injury from slight frost in a late stage of their growth. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



CHOUFLEUR. Brassica oleracea botrytis. 



This is an excellent vegetable, and great pains must be 

 taken in every stage of its growth to avoid the extremes of 

 heat and cold, which accounts for good Cauliflowers being 

 scarcely attainable in unpropitious seasons, and which the 

 novice falsely attributes to defectiveness of the seed. 



To produce early Cauliflower, the seed should be sown 

 between the sixteenth and twenty-fourth of September, in a 

 bed of clean, rich earth. In about four or five weeks after- 



