35^ KITCHEN GARDEN DISPLAYES. 



family, not cabbaging, but in the center of 

 the head of" leaves produces a comp«£t cluftery 

 feedy-like head in the manner of a cauli- 

 flower, compofed of the advancing flower 

 flalks and buds, that boils moil excellently 

 tender, fweet, and good. 



The broccoli are defirable plants to culti- 

 vate for a principal crop; all the forts are 

 good, and may be eafily raifed in every kit- 

 chen garden ; the ieafon of their perfeftion is 

 October, November, and December, See. 

 for the Autumn and Winter crop ; but rather 

 fuperior in fize, in Spring, from February 

 till May. 



They are all raifed from feed, fowed every 

 year in March, April, and May; but prin- 

 cipally the two laft mentioned months for the 

 main crops ; or may few a'fmaller portion in 

 March for an early Autumn crop, heading in 

 September, &c,. a larger fovving in April for the 

 principal Autumn crop, in O(^ober and No- 

 vember ; and fow a good crop in May to head 

 in Winter, and for the main Spring produc- 

 tion ; and may alfo fow in the beginning of 

 June, to come in for late Spring broccoli ; all 

 for tranfplanting three, to two feet and a half, 

 and two feet afunder, in rich good ground. 



Sow the feed of each fort feparate, in an 

 open compartment of rich ground, in four 

 feet wide beds, broad- call, and rake it in 

 evenly. 



When the plants are up, having leaves an 

 inch, or inch and half broad, thin out a 

 c^uantity from the feed bed, prick them in 



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