64 BROCCOLI. 



BOEECOLE OR, KALE. 



Of this vegetable there are two classes one grown for 

 spring use, and the other for autumn and winter use. 



The first ; known as dwarf German greens, and in our 

 markets as sprouts, should be sown somewhat thinly in 

 drills half an inch deep and a foot apart, in the month of 

 September ; the beds in which it remains receiving the 

 same treatment as spinach. It requires a good rich, light 

 soil, well drained, for if water lodges on the beds it will 

 rot. 



Those for autumn use should be sown in seed beds from 

 the middle of April to the middle of May, and transplanted 

 into the permanent bed in June or July. They also re- 

 quire a good rich soil, their cultivation in ah 1 respects 

 being the same as that of cabbage. They are very hardy, 

 and are better flavored when touched by frost than other- 

 wise. 



The best two varieties for winter use are the Divarf 

 Green Curled and the Purple Leaved. The first seldom 

 grows more than eighteen inches high, and the plants 

 may be set that distance apart. The last grows about 

 thirty inches high, and should be planted two feet apart 

 on the rows. 



BROCCOLI. 



This vegetable is so similar to, and so closely allied to the 

 cauliflower, that it is almost impossible for those not having 

 a botanical education to see wherein the difference consists, 

 yet from certain botanical distinctions they may be dis- 

 tinguished one from the other. The broccoli is generally 

 supposed to have been derived from the tall curled kale, 



