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The most suitable ground for Beets, is that which may 

 have been well manured for previous crops, and would re- 

 quire no fresh manure, provided it be well pulverized. 



It is always best to thin Beets while young. If the tops are 

 used as a vegetable, they should not be left too long for this 

 purpose, or they will greatly injure the roots of those that are 

 to stand. Beds that are to stand through the Summer, should 

 be kept clean by repeated hoeings ; and the roots intended 

 for Winter use should be taken up in October, or early in 

 November, and stowed away as directed in the calendar for 

 those months. 



Allowing Beet seed to be planted on the gardening plan, 

 it will require at the rate often pounds for an acre of land, 

 which is two pounds and a half for a rood, and one ounce 

 for every perch, pole, or rod. If cultivated on the field 

 system, one half the quantity of seed will be sufficient, or 

 even less, if sown regular. If it be an object with the 

 gardener to save his seed, he may plant two or three seeds 

 in each spot where a plant is required, and thin them as 

 before directed. 



It may be necessary to add, that one pound of Beet seed 

 will measure about two quarts, and as each capsule contains 

 four or five small seeds, thinning out the surplus plants is 

 indispensible to the production of good roots; 



BORECOLE, OR RALE. 



CHOU FRISE VERT. Brassica oleracea, etc. 



VARIETIES. 



Green Curled, or ?cotch. . 

 Dwarf Brown, or German. 

 Purple Fringed. 



Jerusalem, or Buda. 



Cesarean Kale. 



'i housand-headed Cabbage. 



There are several sub-varieties of this genus of plants 

 besides those above specified, most of which have large open 

 heads, with curled wrinkled leaves. The Dwarf Curled, or 

 Finely Fringed sorts, are much cultivated in Europe for the 

 table ; and the coarse and tali growing are considered pro- 



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