48 KITCHEN-GARDENING. 



the true Cauliflower, as to be scarcely distinguishable, either 

 in color or taste. 



Broccoli is abundant throughout England the greater part 

 of the year ; and is raised with as little trouble as Cabbages 

 are here. The mode of raising the purple Cape Broccoli is 

 now generally understood in this part of America; but the 

 cultivation of the other kinds has been nearly abandoned, on 

 account of the ill -success attending former attempts to bring 

 them to perfection. 



In some of the Southern States, where the winters are not 

 more severe than in England, they will stand in the open 

 ground, and continue to produce their fine heads from Novem- 

 ber to April. In the Eastern, Western, and Middle States, if 

 the seed of the late kinds be sown in April, and the earlier 

 kinds in May, in open ground, and treated in the same man- 

 ner as Cauliflower, it would be the most certain method of 

 obtaining large and early flowers ; but as only a part of these 

 crops can be expected to come to perfection before the ap- 

 proach of winter, the remainder will have to be taken up, laid 

 in by the roots, and covered up with earth to the lower leaves 

 in some sheltered situation, where they will come to more per- 

 fect maturity. 



Those who are desirous of obtaining Broccoli and Cauli- 

 flower in a large quantity, so as to have all the diff'erent vari- 

 eties in succession throughout the winter months, should have 

 places erected similar to some of our greenhouses. The back 

 and roof of such a house may be made of refuse lumber, which 

 being afterwards covered with fresh stable-dung, will keep out 

 the frost. The place allotted for Cape Broccoli and Cauli- 

 flower should have a glazed roof to face the south ; the sashes 

 must be made to take off" in mild weather, but they should be 

 always kept shut in cold weather, covered with mats, boards, 

 or litter, to keep out the frost. 



The hardy kinds of Broccoli may be preserved without 

 glass, by having shutters provided to slide over the front in 

 extrem^ely cold weather, which may be covered over with fresh 



