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like the greenish purple colour of the heads. 

 White Cap is, perhaps, our best variety; heads 

 very white and solid a sure header. 



This vegetable is not raised extensively in any 

 section of this country, except California. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS (Brassica oleracea bullata). 

 This is yet another of the cabbage family, and 

 like broccoli is little grown here, though its excellent 

 qualities seem to be fully appreciated by our 

 English cousins. The culture is simple, and 

 very much the same as is adopted for cauliflower 

 or cabbage (except that it must be remembered 

 that the sprouts are a little less hardy. A similar 

 quantity of seed is required. 



The seeds should be sown in March or April 

 in the hot-bed, or in the open ground when the 

 weather permits. When the plants are about 

 three inches high they should be transplanted. 

 The early ones will be ready for the table in Sep- 

 tember; the late ones, for winter use, should be 

 harvested before cold weather, and stored the 

 same as cabbages or cauliflowers. 



The small heads, which grow along the stem, 

 are the eatable parts of this vegetable, and when 

 boiled like cabbage, or stewed with cream, like 



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