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BRUSSELS SPROUTS 



GROWN as both an early fall and winter vegetable, 

 this unusual variety of the cabbage family is sown 

 and cultivated very much like common cabbage. Seeds 

 may be sown in a hotbed or cold frame for an early crop 

 or outdoors, early in May, in rows eighteen inches apart, 

 covering seeds about one-quarter inch deep. As soon as 

 the seedlings make the third pair of leaves, they should be 

 thinned out to stand four inches apart in the row. 



Early in June, when they have developed into sturdy 

 plants, as shown above, transplant them into their 

 permanent rows, in rich soil, allowing eighteen inches to 

 two feet between the plants and two to two and a half 

 feet between the rows. 



Brussels Sprouts are not as hardy as ordinary cabbage. 

 The stalks should be pulled before severe cold weather 

 sets in and stored in a frost-proof cellar. The sprouts 

 may either be left to remain on the stalks until wanted 

 or they may be cut off and packed in shallow berry baskets. 



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