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Dwarf. In use during March and April, 

 and is very hardy. Sow about the se- 

 cond or third week in April. 



9. Sulphur. Syn., Brimstone, Late 

 Brimstone, Edinburgh Sulphur, Fine 

 Late Sulphur. In use during April and 

 May. Sow at the same time as the pre- 

 ceding. 



WHITE. 



10. * Grange's Early Cauliflower Broc- 

 oli. Syn., Cup-leaved, Hop wood's Early 

 White, Early Dwarf White, Invisible 

 White, Bath White, Italian White, 

 Marshall's Early White, Blanc d'ltalie 

 of the French. In use from the end of 

 September to Christmas, if the weather 

 proves mild, and is the earliest of all the 

 white kinds. This and the next should 

 be sown at three different seasons, viz. : 

 about the first and third weeks in April, 

 and the second week in June. 



11. Early White. Syn., Neathouse, 

 Devonshire White, Autumn White ; dif- 

 fers from the preceding, in being smaller 

 and much later. Season from November 

 to February, if the weather prove mild. 



12. * Knight's Protecting. The hardiest 

 and largest of all the white kinds. Its 

 season from March to the beginning of 

 May, if planted at different times. Sow 

 about the third week in April. 



13. Spring White. Syn. t Close-leaved 

 White, Cauliflower Brocoli, Neapolitan 

 White, Naples White, Large late White, 

 New Dwarf, Late White. In perfection 

 during the months of April and May ; 

 not so hardy as the preceding, but very 

 desirable for late use. Sow at the same 

 time as the preceding. 



14. White Danish is good, hardy, and 

 dwarf. Sown in mid- April, it is ready 

 the May following. 



15. *Walcheren Brocoli; white; excel- 

 lent. Sown the third week in April, in 

 season from the end of August through- 

 out September. Sown in May, it is in 

 season during December and January. 



Time and mode of Sowing. The times 

 for sowing each variety are specified 

 Tinder each ; but we will add that, for a 

 small family, we have found the follow- 

 ing sowings and varieties are sufficient 

 to keep up a supply from the beginning 

 of October to the end of May. 



Sow early purple cape and Grange's 

 early cauliflower brocoli the second week 



in April and the first week in June. The 

 produce will be fit for table during 

 October, and until the middle of Decem- 

 ber. Sow green close-headed the first 

 week in April. The heads will be ready 

 in November, and until January ends. 

 Sow dwarf brown the second week in 

 April. It will be in production from 

 February to end of April. Sow sulphur 

 coloured and spring white the second 

 week of April. Their heads will bo 

 ready during the April and May fol- 

 lowing. 



Each variety should be sown sepa- 

 rately, and the sowing performed thin ; 

 the beds not more than three or four feet 

 wide, for the convenience of weeding, 

 which must be performed as often as 

 weeds appear, as they are very inimical 

 to the growth of this vegetable. The 

 seed must not be buried more than half 

 an inch, and the beds be netted over to 

 keep away the birds ; which, especially 

 in showery weather, are very destructive. 



Pricking out. The plants arc fit for 

 pricking out when they arc two or three 

 inches high ; do it during warm showery 

 weather, and set them six inches apart 

 each way, and water every night until 

 they have taken root. They must have 

 four or five week's growth before they 

 are again moved, or not until they have 

 leaves nearly three inches in breadth. 



Planting. When planted out, they 

 must be set, on an average, two feet 

 asunder each way; in summer a little 

 wider, in autumn rather closer. Water 

 to be given at the time of planting, and 

 occasionally afterwards until they are 

 established; during the droughts of sum- 

 mer it may bo given plentifully, with 

 the greatest advantage. They must be 

 hoed between frequently, and the mould 

 drawn up about their stems. 



Protection in Winter. To those crops 

 which have to withstand the winter in 

 the open air, salt is beneficially applied, 

 as it preserves them from being frosted 

 in the neck ; this application preserves 

 their roots from being worm-eaten, and 

 so does pouring soapsuds between the 

 rows, which application is also very be- 

 neficial to the plants. The salt should 

 be sown over the bed in a dry day in 

 autumn, at the rate of ten bushels to the 



