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BEET-CHARD S. 



SEE Beets. 



B R O C O L I. 



I Proceed now to the culture of the different forts 

 of BrocoU. — And here I fhall mention a method 

 entirely new, which 1 pradifed, and whereby I had 

 Brocoli in its greateft: perfe£lion. I prefer the W^hitc 

 Brocoli, or what is called the Neopolitan Brocoli, which 

 I would advife to be fown the beginning or middle of 

 Februaryy upon a wall-border, with an eaft-afpecV. So 

 foon as thefe plants have got five leaves, tranfplant 

 them into a more foutherly one, upon a very rich 

 foil, where they are to ftand. 



They are tranfplanted for an increafe of fibres ; and, 

 if they are twice or thrice tranfplanted in the nurfery- 

 bed, they acquire twice or thrice more ftrength ; and in 

 confequence they produce much better than thofe plants 

 which have not been tranfplanted. 



In order to have your Brocoli produce well, it will 

 be very proper to tranfplant them into the furrows or 

 alleys of your onion, carrot, or other kitchen-ftuff beds, 

 the beginning oi July ; preferving them from fnails, and 

 hilling them, they will produce mofl noble heads in Ja- 

 nuary and February ; it is a crop will hold for a confide- 

 rable time, and many perfons efteem them more than 

 they do the befl: Collyflowers ; by fowing fome very 

 early in the fpring, the mod forward will fucceed 

 your autumnal crops, by which means you will have 

 a fucceflion. The R'jman or blue Brocoli I would 

 always low by the tenth of March; and when they 

 have got five leaves, tranfplant them from the feed- 

 bed into the nurfery-bed, at three inches difbnce, 

 plant from plant; and keeping them clear from weeds, 

 let them remain there until tlic end of June, when 



they 



