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hoeing, and repeat this two or three times in the 

 course of their growth, drawing some earth around 

 their stems. 



Bnissels Sprouts. — The seed may be sown about 

 the middle of January, in the same manner as 

 broccoli, and the plants set out with a dibble early 

 in March. The subsequent treatment must be in 

 eyery respect as for borecole. 



Borecole. — The dwarf curled or finely-fringed 

 sorts are much cultivated in Europe for the table; 

 and the coarse and tall growths are considered pro- 

 fitable for cattle. The thousand-headed cabbage and 

 Cesarean kale grow from three to five feet high, 

 and branch out from the stem, yielding an abundant 

 supply of leaves, and sprout in the winter and 

 spring. The seed may be sown from about the 

 middle of January to the first week in February, 

 and the plants set out in the month of March, in 

 good rich ground. One ounce of good borecole seed 

 will produce about four thousand plants, and may 

 be sown in a border four feet by ten, or there- 

 abouts. 



Asparagus. — Asparagus may be raised by sowing 

 the seed in January and the early part of February. 

 One ounce of seed will produce about a thousand 

 plants. The seed may be sown in drills, ten or 



