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spring, because Broccolis are then available in the open. 

 The issue may be decided by considering the following 

 points : In favour of Cauliflowers, superior flavour and 

 greater purity. In favour of Broccoli, greater hardiness, 

 a bigger bulk of crop and simplicity of culture (the seed 

 being sown out of doors the previous spring, and the 

 plants put out between early Potatoes in early summer). 

 Where there is a large area of ground it may be well to 

 rely on Broccolis for spring use, and give the Cauli- 

 flowers mere frame protection without a hotbed so that 

 they may come in after the Broccolis are over. Thus, 

 they could be sown in a frame at the end of September 

 without heat, and planted out in early April. If, how- 

 ever, small, delicate Cauliflowers, milk-white and delicious 

 in flavour, are wanted in spring, the seed can be sown 

 in heat in autumn, and the plants put out in hotbed 

 frames. The soil should be deeper and richer than for 

 Carrots, and the plants should be set a foot apart. Early 

 Erfurt is a suitable variety. For planting under cloches 

 a somewhat larger, but not coarse, variety may be 

 grown, such as Magnum Bonum. 



Chicory. One has to go to Belgium to see Chicory in 

 the position of a front-rank forcing vegetable. Such it 

 is there, and very delicious too, giving a strong reminder 

 of Seakale in appearance, and, like that esteemed 

 vegetable, of a well-marked, though not similar, flavour. 

 Many growers of Chicory content themselves with the 

 use of the young leaves in salading. No frame is re- 

 quired here, for the seed is sown in the open ground in 

 spring, and the roots so raised are packed in boxes of 

 soil, and put in a cellar in autumn or winter, when 

 blanched leaves will push from the crowns. If Chicory 

 is to be used as a vegetable, the variety Witloef should be 

 selected, and grown in rich soil so as to yield large roots. 



