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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 9 



BEOCCOLI. 



50 cts. per oz. 



Brocoli, Fe, Broculi, Span. Spargel kohl, Ger. 

 Purple Cape. Large Early White. 



Produces heads in autumn, like Cauliflower. The purple Cape is 

 best adapted to our climate. Sow about the middle of May, trans- 

 plant, and manage as winter cabbage. 



BSUSSELS SPEOUTS. 

 25 cts. per oz. 



Chou de Bruxelles, Fr. Rosenkohl, Ger. 

 Produces from the stem small heads, resembling cabbages in minia- 

 ture. The sprouts are used as winter-greene, and become very tender 

 when touched by the frost. Sow in May, transplant, and manage as 

 winter cabbage. 



CABBAGE. 



25 cts. per oz. 



Chou Pomme. Fr. Berza, Span. Kopf kohl, Ger. 



Early York. Green Curled Savoy. 



Early Oxheart. Large Drumhead Savoy. 



Early Sugar Loaf. Red Dutch, for Pickling. 



Large Early York. Red Drumhead. 



Early Winnigstadt. Large Late Drumhead. 



Early Wakefield. Flat Dutch. 



Early Battersea. Large Bergen. 



The first column contains the early sorts, which may be raised as 

 follows : Sow the seed in well-prepared ground, about the 15th of 

 September. When the plants are large enough to transplant, pick 

 them out of the seed-bed, into frames. Protect the plants during 

 severe weather, with a covering of boards, observing to give them 

 plenty of air and light during mild weather ; they may also be raised 

 by sowing the seed very early in hot-beds — afterwards plant out in deep 

 and well-manured ground, in rows eighteen inches apart, and twelve 

 inches distant in the rows. 



The autumn and winter sorts, sow early in May, in a moderately 

 shaded border, in shallow drills, three or four inches apart. Transplant 

 early in July, in rows thirty inches apart, and about two feet apart in 

 the rows. Cabbage succeeds best in a fresh rich soil, well-manured 

 and deeply dug or ploughed. The late plants are subject to attacks of 

 the cabbage-fly, destroying them as fast as they appear above ground. 

 Various remedies are recommended for the preservation of the plants, 

 such as sprinkling them with ashes, air-slacked lime, plaster, or tobacco, 

 which should be performed early in the morning. A solution of whale- 

 oil soap is also recommended. ^See subsequent page of this Calendar.^ 



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