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cabbages, at three feet distance every way, and afterwards be kept 

 free from weeds and the earth drawn to their stems as they advance 

 in growth. Those intended for winter use should never be planted 

 in a rich fat loam, as there they would become too succulent, and 

 consequently could not bear the frost as well as if growing on a 

 gravelly soil. Such as are designed for autumn use maybe planted 

 in any convenient open bed that is tolerably rich. 



Brussels' Sprouts and Jerusalem Kale. 



The Brussels' sprouts and Jerusalem kale are both cultivated in 

 the same manner, at the same time, and for similar purposes, as 

 the borecole. They may be now sown and treated like the latter, 

 with this difference, that two feet, or rather two and a half, will be 

 a sufficient distance for the final transplanting of the Jerusalem 

 kale, as it never grows as tall as either of the other kinds. 



Turnip Cabbage and Turnip Rooted Cabbage. 



For an account of both these varieties, see page 318. The seeds 

 of the turnip cabbage may now be sown, and the plants afterwards 

 treated as directed for cabbages; only observing not to earth them 

 up above the swelling bulb on the stem. The turnip rooted kind 

 should be sown on a bed of strong rich ground, as you would 

 turnips, and treated like them in every respect; observing to thin 

 the plants with the hoe, when advancing in growth, to the distance 

 of about sixteen inches apart. Their roots will be much larger and 

 better when treated in this way than if transplanted. 



The early sown plants of the former kind may now be planted 

 out, and afterwards treated as above observed. 



Broccoli. 



The early sown broccoli plants should now be planted out into 

 beds of good rich earth, in an open situation; the purple kind at 

 two feet and a half distance every way, and the white at the dis- 

 tance of three feet. 



Broccoli seeds of both these kinds, as well as of any other variety 

 which you would wish to cultivate, should be sown early in this 

 month for a second principal crop, for winter and spring use. Sow 

 them in a bed or border of rich earth, in an open exposure, each 

 kind separate, and rake them in regularly. 



In the middle and eastern states, where the frost is too power- 

 ful for the standing out of these plants during winter, on its ap- 

 proach they must be taken up and planted in earth up to their 

 leaves, either in cellars or under sheds, where they can be pro- 

 tected from wet and very rigorous frosts, and they will continue 

 to produce their fine heads during all the winter months, which 

 are equal to any caulillowers. On the opening of spi "in;;, plant out 

 the stalks of the purple, kind, and they will produce abundance 



