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GARDENING FOB PEOFIT. 



in fine condition until December; and, in the Southern 

 States, may be had in use from November to March. 



Even in England, where it is 

 very extensively grown, it is 

 not much raised for market, 

 being mainly cultivated for 

 private use. Its cultivation is 

 very simple, and it can be grown 

 on almost any soil. Plant about 

 two feet apart, and cultivate as 

 for Cabbages. 



Brussels Sprouts are readily 

 distinguished from all other 

 varieties of the Cabbage tribe 

 by the sprouts or buds, about 

 the size of walnuts, which grow 

 thickly around the stem. These 

 Fig. 24. BRUSSELS' SPKOUTS. sprouts are the parts used, and 

 are equal in tenderness and flavor to Cauliflower or Broc- 

 coli. 



CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER. 



Cabbage is much easier managed than Cauliflower, and 

 is consequently more certain of giving a crop, even under 

 unfavorable conditions. The first condition of success 

 with the Cabbage crop, like that of nearly every other 

 vegetable, is the right kind of soil. 



The best soil for Cabbage is a rather sandy loam, not 

 less than ten inches deep, the subsoil under which should 

 be sand or gravel a clayey or stiff subsoil is uncongenial 

 to almost every crop. It may bs superfluous to say that 

 unless the soil for Cabbage is drained artificially or natur- 

 ally (by a sand or gravel subsoil), that success is impos- 

 sible. This, of course, is true of nearly every crop 

 grown. The proper pulverizing of the soil is a matter of 



