40 BROCCOLI. 



so exactly resemble the true Cauliflower, as to be scarcely 

 distinguished either in colour or taste. 



Broccoli is quite plentiful throughout England the greater 

 part of the year, and it is raised with as little trouble as 

 Cabbages are here. The mode of raising the Purple Cape 

 Broccoli is now generally understood in this part of Ame- 

 rica ; but the cultivation of the other kinds has been nearly 

 abandoned, on account of the ill success attending former 

 attempts to bring them to perfection. 



In some of the Southern States, where the winters are 

 not more severe than in England, they will stand in the 

 open ground, and continue to produce their fine heads from 

 November to April. In the Eastern, Western, and Middle 

 States, if the seeds of'the late kinds be sown in April, and 

 the earlier kinds in May, in the open ground, and treated 

 in the same manner as Cauliflower plants, it would be the 

 most certain method of obtaining large and early flowers; 

 but as only a part of these crops can be expected to come 

 to perfection before the approach of winter, the remainder 

 will have to be taken up, laid in by the roots, and covered 

 with earth up to the lower leaves, in some sheltered situa- 

 tion, to promote the finishing of their growth. 



Those who are desirous of obtaining Broccoli and Cauli- 

 flower in any quantity, so as to have all the different varieties 

 in succession, should have places erected similar to some 

 of our greenhouses: the back and roof may be made of 

 refuse lumber, which being afterwards covered with fresh 

 stable dung, will keep out the frost. The place allotted for 

 Cape Broccoli and Cauliflower should have a glazed roof to 

 face the south the sashes must be made to take off in mild 

 weather, but they should be always kept shut in severe cold 

 weather, and covered with mats, or boards, litter, &c., so 

 ( fleet u ally as to keep out the frost. 



The hardy kinds of Broccoli may be preserved without 

 glass, by having shutters provided to slide over the front in 

 extreme cold weather, which may be covered over with fresh 

 stable dung or other litter. If these plants get frozen, it will 

 lie necessary to keep the full power of the sun from comin g 



