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Broccoli: — The broccoli makes a flower bead as 

 does the cauHflower. It is, however, inferior in 

 quaHty and is not grown to any extent where the 

 latter will succeed. It has the one advantage of 

 being hardier and thus can be grown where the cau- 

 liflower is too uncertain to make its culture worth 

 while. For culture directions see Cauliflower. 



Brussels Sprouts: — In my opinion this vegetable 

 leaves the cabbage almost as far behind as the cauli- 

 flower does. It is, if anything, more easily grown 

 than cabbage, except that the young plants do not 

 seem able to stand quite so much cold. When ma- 

 ture, however, it seems to stand almost any amount 

 of freezing, and it is greatly improved by a few 

 smart frosts, although it is very good when succeed- 

 ing the spring crop of cauliflower. It takes longer 

 to mature than either cabbage or cauliflower. 



Cabbage: — Cabbage is one of the few vegetables 

 which may be had in almost as good quality from 

 the green-grocer as it can be grown at home, and as 

 it takes up considerable space, it may often be advis- 

 able to omit the late sorts from the home garden if 

 space is very limited. ■ The early supply, however, 

 should come from the garden — some people think it 

 should stay there, but I do not agree with them. 

 Properly cooked it is a very delicious vegetable. 



What has already been said (page 115) covers 

 largely the conditions for successful culture. The 



