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very hardy, and will generally stand the sever- 

 est cold. It makes a fine head early in spiing, 

 but soon runs up to seed. The Tennis Ball is 

 a small but most excellent variety, and makes a 

 very compact head. For home use it is unsur- 

 passed, and it is one of the best for forcing in 

 cold frames, as it takes up so little room. The 

 heads can be grown six inches apart each way. 

 For a second crop in the spring I find great 

 advantage in wintering over a large number of 

 the Black Seeded Butter variety. Strong 

 plants grown the previous fall attain large size 

 in May in the open ground. Nothing started 

 in hot-beds in February or March can compete 

 with them. By the first week of June, this 

 kind makes a head almost as large as a cal bage, 

 white and very tender and delicate. 



It is always well to try to winter some plants 

 over out of doors. If they die, the loss is 

 slight, as the seed and labor cost nothing worth 



