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provides a supply during the summer and early autumn. 

 The Walcheren and Early White London should be 

 sown at the end of July or early in August, the plants 

 being pricked out about four inches apart in cold frames. 

 These plants should be set out early in April in their 

 permanent quarters. They should be protected by a 

 cloche or hand-glass at night time till all danger of frost 

 is passed. To follow these such varieties as the Erfurt 

 and Pearl may be sown in the open during March and 

 April, and planted out during May and June. Autumn 

 kinds, such as the Autumn Mammoth and Dwarf 

 Mammoth should be sown early in April. Both Cauli- 

 flowers and Broccoli should be liberally supplied with 

 water during growth. 



Borecoles, or Kales 



The great usefulness of this vegetable consists in its 

 hardiness, and in the fact that it furnishes a continuous 

 supply of greens through the winter Sprouts may be 

 cut from October to April, if seeds of suitable varieties 

 be sown at intervals from March to May. For earliest 

 cutting Dwarf Green Curled may be sown in March and 

 the seedlings transplanted in May. For mid-winter 

 Sutton Curled Scotch may be sown early in April and 

 transplanted early in June. For later crops Cottagers' 

 Kale may be sown in May and planted out in July. 

 The seed-bed should be finely worked, but should not 

 be too rich, but the ground for the permanent plantation 

 can scarcely be too rich. Plenty of room must be 

 allowed : between the rows there should be not less than 

 two feet six, and the plants should be not less than two 

 feet six in the rows. 



Savoys 

 Savoys are generally valued not only on account of 



