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199. BROCOLI. This plant is not much culti- 

 vated in America ; and, indeed, scarcely at all. In 

 England it is grown in great quantities, especially 

 near London. It is there sown in the spring, and 

 eaten in the fall and during the winter, even unti 1 

 spring. It is of the nature of the Cauliflower 

 which see. One sort has a whitish head, and IP 

 like a cauliflower, except that the white is a yellow- 

 white. Another sort has a purple head ; and there 

 is another of a greenish hue. It is cultivated, in 

 all respects like a Cabbage (which see ;) but, as it 

 is large, it must be placed at wider distances, not 

 less than two feet and a half each way. If raised 

 very early in the spring and planted out in June, 

 and in good ground, as cool as can be got, it will 

 have heads in October ; and, if any of the plants 

 have not then perfected their heads, when the hard 

 frost is coming, they may be treated like those of 

 the spring-sown cauliflowers which have not per- 

 fected their heads at this season. Fifty of this 

 plant, for the fall, may be enough ; and they ought, 

 to be planted out in the South Border in order to 

 be kept as cool as possible. The white sort is 

 deemed the handsomest; but, the others are more 

 hardy. To have Brocoli in the spring ; that is to 

 say, in May (for New York) is the thing ! The thing 

 may be done ; for I had some pretty good in May 

 1818. Sow in June. Transplant in July ; put the 

 plants at 2} feet apart. Till well between ; and 

 earth up the stems of the plants in August. They 

 will be very tall and stout, in good ground, in No- 

 vember ; and a sharp frost or two will not hurt 

 them. But, to keep them through the winter is a 

 troublesome thing. Nevertheless, to have them at 

 New York or Boston in May, and, at Philadelphia 

 late in April; to have something little short of a 



