174 KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Early AVhite, which is also a desirable sort, should be sown 

 on a hotbed, and treated like the secondary crop of cauli- 

 flower. 



The spring varieties are extremely valuable, as they 

 come into use at a season when the finer vegetables are 

 scarce. They are sown in the middle of March or the bo- 

 ginning of April, and afford a supply from March to May 

 of the following year. The Late White (sometimes called 

 Dwarf Tartarian) bears a great resemblance to cauliflower, 

 and often passes for it. 



To obtain seed of the Brassica tribe, the most genuine 

 and characteristic specimens of the different varieties should 

 be selected in autumn, in such a, state of advancement as 

 that they will flower as early as possible in the following 

 spring. They should be planted in an open situation, and 

 kept as far distant from other kinds of the same tribe as 

 may be. As they are very liable to cross or hybridize, it 

 is perhaps better, except in the case of some favorite vari- 

 ety, to procure supplies from a respectable seedsman, from 

 whom they are almost uniformly to be had genuine, the 

 extensive seed-growers being at great pains to prevent 

 intermixture of crops. 



Grange's Early White, and the Early Purple Cape, are 

 the kinds best adapted to the climate of the Middle States. 

 The Dwarf Tartarian, White Malta, and Late White, are 

 fine sorts for situations south of Virginia, where they may 

 remain out all winter. But to be able to have them during 

 winter in the Middle and Northern States, it is necessary, 

 before the occurrence of a severe frost, to remove them 

 from the garden, by careful lifting, and replant thera under 

 a shed or in a cellar. 



