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is a very hardy kind, much grown by the New 

 York gardeners. 



BROCCOLI (Brassica oleracea botrytis) is a variety 

 of cabbage very closely resembling the cauliflower. 

 There is scarcely any difference between the two 

 beyond what would naturally be looked for be- 

 tween different varieties. It is hardy, and sure to 

 head, but is inferior in flavour. 



All the varieties of broccoli require a rich, deep 

 soil ; and the ground should be trenched to a depth 

 of at least two feet, well incorporating, as the work 

 proceeds, abundance of rich manure. Where 

 the object is to obtain fine large heads, too much 

 manure can hardly be used. 



The seed should be sown in hot-beds, for early 

 crops, in March or April; for main crops, in the 

 open ground in May, in beds of well-pulverized 

 rich soil, making the surface fine, and then beating 

 the seed gently into the ground, and covering it 

 with fine earth. 



One ounce will sow a bed of forty square feet, 

 and produce about 3,000 plants. When the plants 

 are sufficiently strong, and before they are drawn 

 by growing too closely together, transplant them 

 into nursery beds or lines, allowing about four 



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