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April, are confuleralily the liirgcft and faired liendo. The 

 black broccoli is a tall grouiiiff plant, of a blackilh giccii 

 colour, which for the molV jMrt produces fmaller anJ Icfs 

 ported heads, heiug fomewhat open and feedy like, but pof- 

 •* fefTes the properly of btinj fo hardy as feldoni to be ii.jured 

 by the feverfll trolls. There are of this black or dark- 

 beaded, the brown and the blue, all fumetimcs from the 

 fame leeds. They arc proper fur cultivation to Itaud the win- 

 ter by way of rclervc to ferve for fpring- ufe, fo.viug the feed 

 early in May, and planting out the plans in June, and be- 

 ginning of the followin;r month. Ail the different forts or 

 varieties are raifed from feed fown in the open fjround. Tlie 

 principal leafon for fowing the main crops of all the vaiie- 

 ties, is March and April for the autumn and winter pro- 

 dntlions, and May and the beginning of June for the prin- 

 cipal fucceflive crops to come in for the fpiing fuj)p!ics. 

 Sopic may be occalionally fown fo early as February, or 

 beginning of March, of the cauliflower broccoli, as alfo any 

 of the purple kinds, in order to obtain an earlier autumn 

 produclion of fmall heads in the latter end of Augnll, or 

 beginning of September, and beginning of Oftobcr. The 

 letd fciould be fown in an open expofure, where the plants 

 rile much ftroiiper than on narrow borders under walls. 

 Each fort (hould be fown feparately, moderately thick on 

 the furface, and raked in lightly ; the plants appear in ten 

 or twelve days, occafional waterings being given them in 

 dry weather ; and when the plants h.ave leaves an inch or 

 two broad, it is proper to prick them out in a nurfcry bed 

 three or four inches apart, giving them water as foon as 

 planted, and occalionally till they have taken root, in which 

 bed let them remain a month or fix weeks, where they may 

 acquire due ftrength ; by this means they are fhort, and of 

 robaft growth, and will be conl'iderably better prepared for 

 tranfplanting where they are to (land, than tlioie which 

 remam in the feed bed. The time of tranfplanting them 

 where they are to remain, is June, July and Augull, and 

 beginning of September, according to the time they were 

 fown, or are delired for ufe. The plants (hould have an 

 open fituation, and as good ground as the garden affords ; 

 which, if it have the addition of dung, will be advantageous, 

 digging it in neatly one good fpade deep, and direftly putting 

 ill the plants, for which work a moift time is beneficial. They 

 are to be planted in rows two feet and a half afunder, and 

 two feet diftant in the lines; but for thofe that are planted late 

 in Auguft and Sejjtember, two feet at mofl are fufUcient, and 

 eighteen inches dil^ant in the row. As foon as planted, 

 they fliould be v.'atered ; and if dry weather prevail, the 

 watering (liould be repeated every other day, till the plants 

 liave got root. After the plants have taken root, their fur- 

 ther culture is to keep them clear from weeds, by hoeing 

 the ground occalionally ; and when they have advanced a 

 little in growth, to draw fome earth, or hoe about their 

 ftems, which, if repeated once or twice, will be of great ad- 

 vantage in promoting their growth. In gathering broccoli 

 for ufe, attention mull be had that the heads have attained 

 their full growth, but they fliould be cut while they re- 

 main c'ofe, and before they begin to divide, and aQume a 

 feedy-hke appearance, and with about lix inches of the 

 main ftalk to each head, as the upper part of the ftalkscats 

 exceedingly fweet and tender, but, previoufly to its being 

 dreffed, it mull be peeled, or divefted of the outer rind. 



Saving ffcd in all th: forts. In order to have good 

 and perfeft feed of any of the above forts of plants, lome 

 of the bed of each kind fhould be felefted, and left to run 

 up to feed. In the cabbage fort, this is effefted cither after 

 their heads have been cut, or by letting them remain without 

 being cut. In the firll way the fteras which have the 



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flron^tH fUcotj may be left to feed where they fland, or be 

 planted up to the necks in good earth in an open fjnny ex- 

 pofure in the au'unui, or beginning of winter; and in the 

 htter, the fame methods may bt jjurfued. And when the 

 ))lants have feedtd, great attention (hould be bellowed to 

 fuppurt them well with (licks till the feed is perfvdily 

 ripened, wliich is generally the cafe about the end of July, 

 or in the toUowing month. 



Where feed of the dilfercnt varieties is wanted, the planU 

 for thispurpofe of the different forts fliould be cultivated at 

 as great diilances as pofiible from cacli other, in order to 

 continue tlum perfect without di-generating. 



When the feed begins to ripen, it fhoulJ be gradually 

 coUtifled by cutting off the rip:;ncd flems, to prevent the 

 birds from devouring it. Theft, after ihcy have been cx- 

 polVd a little to the fun, may be threflied to get out the 

 feed, which fufficiently dried, fhould be put up in bags, and 

 marked. • 



In the cauliflower kinds, fome of the beii and moil per- 

 fed plants of the tarliell crop fhould be left to run up to 

 feed in the fitnations where they (land, being fupported as 

 in the cabbage fort, and occafional waterings given when 

 the fealon is dry, to prevent the mildew. The feed fliould 

 be collc(.'!l(d and managed in the fame manner as above. It 

 is mollly in a Hate to be gathered about September. Frefh 

 feed fliould be gathered annually, as it cannot be depended 

 upon when ohi. 



In the broccoli kinds, the bell jilants of the early fpring 

 crops mult be feleiled, and left to (land with their heads 

 perfcft, the fide flioots being only taken off. The feedUng 

 plants of the different varieties fliould be at confiderable dil- 

 tances from each other. 



Mithod of culture- in tL- turnip hind. AU the varieties of 

 the turnip are annual-biennial ; as if fown early in fpring 

 they attain perfeclion, run up to flower, rip<;n feed, and 

 totally perilh the fame year ; and when fown in fummcr and 

 autumn, they alfo attain perfeflion the fame feafons, and 

 iland without running to (lalk till next fpring ; then wholly 

 run up for feed, and finally terminate their growth in the 

 autumn following. 



The forts chiefly cultivated are the early Dutch turnip, 

 which is an orbicular, moderate-fized, Iiandfome, white tur- 

 nip, coming early to perfeiElion, very fiveet and tender when 

 young, and a very fine garden turnip for the early and fum- 

 mcr crops ; though when it is old, it is apt to become 

 ilringy. 



The early white flone turnip is a round, moderate- 

 fized, neat, white turnip, that comes in early, and is very 

 good in its young and middle growth. It is very proper 

 lor garden ufe as an early and firfl general crop. Of this 

 fort there are the large later turnip, and the early red flonc 

 turnip. 



The white round turnip is globular and large, being 

 proper for the garden and the field, to fucceed the two 

 foimcr forts. 



The green topped turnip is large, round, and remark- 

 able for having its outer coat green at top, and a great 

 part of the root growing above ground. It is excellent for 

 a general crop in gardens, to draw for the table when of 

 middling growth ; and alio valuable in the field. 



The red topped turnip is large, and of a globular form, 

 having its outer ikin red at top. From its very large fize, 

 it is alio adapted to field culture. 



The yellow Dutch turnip is moderately large, and fre- 

 quently oblong, the flcin and flefh being of a yellow colour. 



The oblong white turnip is largilh, and ftrikes confidcr* 

 ably into the ground. 



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