S04 CiULTUEE OP EARLY PURPLE BROCOLI. 



metliod of ob- Seeds of the Spanish or Portugal onion are sown at the 



^^toThe"' "^"^' period in the spring, very thickly, and in poor soil ; 



Si»ai55»b, generally under th« shade of a fruit tree: and in such situ- 



ations the bulbs in the autumn are rarely found much to 

 exceed tlje size of a large pea. These am then taken from 

 the ground, and preserved till the succeediug spring, when 

 they are planted at equal distances from each other, and 

 they afford plants, wkich differ from those raised immedi- 

 ately from seed only in possessing much greater strength 

 and vigour, owing to the quantity of previously generated 

 sap being much greater in the bulb than in the seed. The 



»7i^ frscellcnt bulbs, thus raised, often exceed considerably five inches ia 

 -eepjiig. diameter, and being more mature, they are with more cer- 

 tainty preserved, in a state of perfect soundness, through 

 the winter, than those raised from seed in a single season. 

 The same effects are, in some measure, produced by sow- 

 ing the seeds ir* August, as is often done; but the crops 

 often perish during the winter, and the ground becomes 

 compressed and soddened (to use an antiquated term) by 

 iht: winter rains; and I have in consequence always found, 

 that any given weight of this plant may be obtained, with 

 less expense to the grower, by the mode of culture I recom- 

 mend, than by any other which I have seen practised. 



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Hints relative to the Culture of the EarJy Purple Brocoli, as 

 practised i> the Garden of Daniel Beale, Esq, at Edmon-' 

 ton. By Mr. J ohn M aher, F, H. S*. 



fmprol'er'^ ^ ^^ vegetables have been more improved of lat^ years 

 than brocoh, so that it now almost equals in flavour and 

 magnitude the delicate cauliflower, over which it has the de- 

 cided advantage of being more hardy, and may, by a little 

 managemtnt, be procured through the whole winter. 

 Whiteness a Several varieties, differing in colour from white to deep 

 J!fnr""f"h"s P"'"P'*'» '"■*^ ^"'*^ ^y ^^^ nurserymen,; and as all plants of 

 fa.ni!y. this isatural family become less alkalescent and more pala- 



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