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Cabbage. — Plant out the late plants for a crop in 

 May. Keep the ground loose and very free from 

 weeds. 



Cauliflower. — This plant, being tender, requires 

 great care to bring it to perfection. To produce 

 early cauliflower, the seed should be sown in a bed 

 of clean rich earth towards the end of January or 

 early in February. When the plants are three or 

 four inches high, they must be pricked out three 

 or four inches apart into another bed, and by the 

 latter end of April they may be transplanted into 

 the ground, and treated in every respect the same as 

 for broccoli. 



. Broccoli. — The proper time for sowing the seed of 

 purple Cape broccoli is from the tenth to the twenty- 

 fourth of January. It is best to sow the seed in 

 shallow drills, drawn three or four inches apart. In 

 which case, one ounce of seed will occupy a border 

 of about four feet in width by twelve in length, and 

 produce about four thousand strong plants. When 

 the plants are of sufficient size, they should be 

 transplanted into extraordinarily rich ground, which 

 should be previously brought into good condition. 

 This being done, plant them in rows two feet and 

 a half apart, and two feet distant in the rows. As 

 soon as they have taken root, give the ground a deep 



