110 GARDENING FOE PROFIT. 



In this country, it is now cultivated to some extent in 

 private gardens only. Its handsome foliage is as attrac- 

 tive as many of onr prized flower-garden " leaf plants," 

 and no doubt it would be much valued if we could only 

 regard it without the idea that it is only a Beet. 



BORECOLE OR KALE. (Brassica oleracea. Var.) 



A variety of this receiving the rather indefinite term 

 of " Sprouts," is extensively grown for the Northern mar- 

 kets, many acres of it being cultivated in the vicinity 

 of New York. It is sown in the month of September, in 

 rows 1 foot apart, treated in every way as Spinach, and is 

 ready for use in early spring. It is difficult to keep in 

 some soils in winter ; those of rather a light nature being 

 the best. When successfully wintered over, it is a very 

 profitable crop, not unfrequently selling for $500 per acre. 

 The variety thus grown, is known in the seed stores as 

 Dwarf German Greens. Another class of it is cultivated 

 as we grow late Cabbage; it is sown in the open ground 

 in May, and planted out at distances, according to the va- 

 riety, from 2 to 3 feet apart. Of all the Cabbage tribe 

 this is the most tender and delicate, and it is surprising 

 that it has never yet been wanted in quantity enough to 

 make it a marketable vegetable, not one head being sold 

 to one thousand of the coarse winter Cabbage. The va- 

 rieties are very numerous ; those below described are all 

 standard sorts. 



Dwarf German Greens, or " Sprouts," Color blueish- 



