doNYii ovtT each liead, wi.i.li vriii keep it ^Ybitc. and tend 

 to check its farther development. This plan Ydll al serve 

 to protect it from the late spring frosts. 



It is veiy doubtful whether any sort of broccoh. except 

 the early purple, be a prohtcVuie crop in small gardens, as 

 the produce -^'ill rarely be in proportion to the ground 

 occupied, not to speak of manure and trouble. Portugal 

 kale, or couve tronchuda, lately introduced, is also impro- 

 fitablCj except for marketing. Purple broccoli will continue 

 forming numerous heads long after the first and principal 

 one has been cut. 



Q.—C':<vJ.ii'jv:ir. 



The Cauliflower and broccoli ai^e only varieties of the 

 same species : the head of the flower djuds in both being the 

 part used. But as it is nearly impossible to rear early 

 cauliflower without a hot-bed to sow the seed, or hand- 

 glasses to shelter the plants in winter, which the produce 

 will not profitably repay, it does not come properly vdthin 

 the design of this work. In the summer of 1^33 we had a 

 number of plants given us, that had been well nursed 

 under glass the preceding season : btit thotigh these cost 

 nothing, the gi'ound in which they were planted would 

 have made a more profitable, though a less delicate, return 

 of cabbages, except for marketing. 



For a late summer or early autumn crop, cauliflower 

 may, however, be easily reared, by sovv-ing the seeds on a 

 warm border in March, and planting them in rich ground 

 as soon as they are ready. AnotLer sowing in April will 

 bring the crop down to the occurrence of atitumn frosts. 

 Coming in dinging the hot summer weather, and lasting till 

 the first frosts are experienced, it is more necessary to 

 break down the leaves of caidiflower, to cover the heart, 

 than it is in the case of broccoli. 



7. — S2'jhiCf[;e, or Sjjinach. 



Spinach is composed of a very little sugar, a great deal 

 of water and pulpy fibre, and is very wholesome, and not 

 unprofitable as a crop. 



The soil requires to be rich to produce large fine leaves, 



