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three or four weeks' duration may destroy the whole 

 crop. I have occasionally succeeded with Broccoli one 

 season ; then, being encouraged to plant on a larger 

 scale, I have failed the following three, losing more 

 than 1 made the one successful year. 



When the crop does succeed, it pays a handsome 

 profit. Well-formed heads seldom bring less than 

 from twelve to fifteen dollars per hundred, or from 

 one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty 

 dollars per thousand, and always in brisk demand. 

 The market is never over-stocked with Cauliflower or 

 Broccoli. 



For early Summer use the seed of the Broccoli 

 may be sown in the open ground about the 1st to 

 the 10th of September, and pricked out into cold 

 frames in the latter part of October. Before cold 

 weather these frames should be covered with sash, 

 and the young plants receive the same treatment as 

 that recommended for Early Cabbages. Early in 

 April they may be transplanted into the open 

 ground. Thej require a very rich, deep, and rather 

 heavy soil. They should be set out in rows two feet 

 and a half apart, and the plants two feet apart in 

 the rows. The ground should be frequently hoed, 

 preventing the appearance of weeds and grass. By 

 the middle of June the heads will begin to form. 

 If the -weather is very warm, the heads sometimes 

 " button," or run to seed. By bending some of 

 the large leaves over the young heads, to shade 

 them from the hot sun, the buttoning may be pre- 

 vented. 



For a Fall crop the seed should be sown about 



