46 KITCHEN-GARDENING. 



BORECOLE, OR KALE. 



CHOU FRISE VERT. Brassica oleracea, etc. 



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 tall-growing are considered profitable for 

 cattle. The Thousand-headed Cabbage, and Cesarean Kale, 

 grow from three to five feet high, and branch out from the 

 stem, yielding an abundant supply of leaves and sprouts in 

 winter and spring. 



For the garden, these several varieties may be treated in 

 every respect as Winter Cabbage. The seed may be sown 

 from about the middle of May to the first week in June, and 

 the plants set out in the month of July, in rich ground. They 

 are never so delicious as when rendered tender by smart frosts. 

 They are valuable plants to cultivate, particularly in more 

 Southern States, as they will be there in the greatest perfection 

 during the winter months. If planted in a gravelly soil, and 

 in a sheltered warm situation, they will bear the winter of the 

 Western States; and may be kept in great perfection in the 

 Eastern States, if taken up before the frost sets in with much 

 severity, and placed in trenches, up to their lower- leaves, and 

 then covered with straw or other light covering. The heads 

 may be cut off as they are required for use ; and in the spring, 

 the stems being raised up, will produce an abundance of deli- 

 cious greens. 



One ounce of good Borecole seed will produce about four 

 thousand plants, and may be sown in a border four feet by ten. 



BRUSSELS SPROtJTS. 



CHOU DE BRUXELLES AGETS. Brassica oleracea. 

 This plant frequently grows from three to five feet high, and 



