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GARDEN FARMING 



replanted in moist sand or sandy loam in cool cellars. This storing 

 cannot well be carried out on a commercial scale but is perfectly 

 practicable for a home supply of sprouts. 



Cultivation. Brussels sprouts require* a somewhat longer time 

 for development than late cabbage. Therefore, for the latitude of 

 Long Island, seed should be planted so that the plants may be set 

 in the open about June 10, instead of June 20 as for late cabbage. 

 The young plants should be treated the same as those of cabbage, 

 and the same precautions should be used in selecting the seed bed 

 as for cabbage, since the clubroot attacks Brussels sprouts as readily 



as it does other forms 

 of this plant. 



In setting the 

 plants in the field 

 fully as much space 

 should be allowed as 

 for late cabbage 

 30 inches one way 

 by 36 the other is a 

 good distance. In 

 other respects the cul- 

 tivation of the plant 

 is the same as that 

 of cabbage. It is a 

 gross feeder and re- 

 quires an abundant supply of readily available plant food ; 20 tons 

 of good stable manure per acre is none too much to apply to the 

 soil on which it is grown. Its soil requirements are the same as 

 those of cauliflower. 



Harvesting. As has been suggested, this crop is not all har- 

 vested at one time. In fact, several successive cuttings are taken 

 from the same plant. In favorable localities the plants remain in 

 place throughout the winter, and the sprouts, as they reach full de- 

 velopment, are cut away, the leaves of the plant having been broken 

 and removed from the field earlier in the season. The sprouts, after 

 being cut, are placed in baskets or crates and carried to a room, 

 where they are carefully assorted and packed into one-quart berry 

 cups, the top layer being faced with well-developed sprouts of 



FIG. 56. Brussels sprouts packed for market 



