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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



It requires tlie same special manures as the cabbage and 

 cauliflower. 



Cultitre.^'Br ocoli can be sown in April, or hj shading 

 the seed-beds during the day, until the plants get strong, 

 as late as the middle of July. For this and cauliflower 

 the seed-beds should be rich, and the plants well watered 

 in dry weather. The drills should be eight inches apart, 

 and the plants thinned out to six inches in the drills. 

 The plants thinned out may be set out in another place to 

 grow. These will make the best heads. Transplant, 

 when each stem shows five or six leaves, covering the 

 stem to the lower leaf, in rows two feet apart each way. 

 Do this with a trowel, in dull, damp weather, and shade, 

 if necessary, until the plants are established. Protect 

 from insects with snuff", &c., as directed for cabbage. 

 Choose the same situation as for cauliflower, and follow 

 the same mode of treatment throughout, especially the 

 frequent hoeing and watering. 



Use and Mode of Cooking. — See Cauliflower. 



Brassica Napo Brassica — Turnip Cabbage. Brassica 

 Caulo Rapa — Turnip-rooted Cabbage. 



These two species of brassica are little cultivated. The 

 turnip cabbage grows above ground, pretty well up the 

 stem, in a globular form, with a few leaves on top. The 

 purple-stemmed variety is best. Its culture is the same 

 as the cabbage, except that in hoeing care must be taken 

 not to throw dirt into the heart of the plant, or the bulb 

 cannot form. They should be hoed flatly. Sow in April. 



The turnip-rooted cabbage is similar in quality to the 

 above, but the bulbs grow near the origin of the stem. It 

 does not succeed so well transplanted. It is cultivated 

 exactly like the Huta Baga turnip. There are two vari- 

 eties, the white and the red. It is easily raised in any 



