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ence only, that they will be later be 

 fore they cabbage. You fihould aifo 

 referve fome Plants of the Butterfea 

 Kind in feme weli-iheltered Spot of 

 Ground, to fupply your Plantation, 

 in cafe of a Detect; for in mild Win- 

 ters many of the Plants are apt to 

 run to Seed, and, in fevere Winters, 

 they are often deftroyed. 



The Savoy Cabbages are propa- 

 gated for Winrer-ufe, as bung ge- 

 nerally efteemed the better when 

 pinch'd -by the Proil : the e mult be 

 fown about the Beginning of April, 

 and treated after the manner as was' 

 directed for the common white Cab- 

 bage; with this Difference, that thefe 

 may be planted at a clofer Diftence 

 than thofe ; two Feet and an half 

 fquare will be fafficient. Thefe are 

 always much the better when plant- 

 ed in an open Situation, which is 

 clear from Trees and Hedges ; for 

 in clofe Places they are very fubjeCt 

 to be eaten almof: up by Caierpiiiers, 

 and other Vermin, eipecially if the 

 Autumn prove dry. 



The Boorcoie may be alfo treated 

 in the fame manner, but need not 

 be planted above one Foot fquare : 

 thefe are never eaten till the Froil 

 hath rendered them tender ; for 

 otherwife they are tough and bitter. 



The Seeds of the Broccoli (of 

 which there are feveral Kinds ; viz. 

 the Roman , Neapolitan, and black 

 jjrcccoii, with fome others ; but the 

 Roman is generally preferred to them 

 all) mould be fown about the Mid- 

 dle or Latter end of May, in a moiif. 

 Soil ; and when the Plants are grown 

 to have eight Leave?, tranfplant them 

 into Beds (as was directed for the 

 common Cabbage) ; and toward the 

 Middle or Latter end of July they 

 will be- fit to plant out for good, 

 whicn mould be in:o fome well-fliel- 

 tered Spot of Ground, but not un- 

 der the Drip of Trees : the Diiiance 



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thefe require is about a Foot and an 

 half every Way. The Soil in which 

 they fliould be planted ought to be 

 rather light than heavy, fuch as are 

 the Kitchen gardens near London: if 

 your Plants fucceed well (as there 

 will be little Reafon to do^bt, uniefs 

 theWintcr prove extreme hard^, they 

 will begin to fhew their fmall Heads, 

 which are fomevvhat like a Cauli- 

 flower, but of a purple Colour, about 

 the Beginning of December ^ and will 

 continue eatable till the End of 

 March. 



The brown Broccoli is by many 

 Perfcns ffieagy efteemed, tho' it doth 

 not delervc a Place in the Kitchen- 

 garden, where the Roman Broccoli 

 can be obtained, which is much 

 fweeter, and 'will continue longer 

 in Seafon : indeed the brown Sort 

 is much h:.rd'ier, fo that it will thr:ve 

 in the coldeit Situations, where the 

 Aorntw Broccoli is fometimes de- 

 ih-oled in very hard Winters. The 

 brown Sort fhould be fown in Jpril y 

 and managed as hath been directed - 

 for the common Cabbage, and 

 fliould be planted at the fame Di- 

 ftence, which is about two Feet and 

 an half afunder. This will grow 

 very tall ; fo fliould have the Earth 

 drawn up to their Stems as they ad- 

 vance in Height. This doth not 

 form Heads fo per feci as the Roman 

 Broccoli ; the Stems and Hearts of 

 the Plants are the Part which is 

 eaten. 



The Reman Broccoli, if well ma- 

 naged, will have large Heads, which 

 appear in the Centre of the Plants, 

 like Clutters of Buds Thefe Pleads 

 fliould be cut before they run up to 

 Seed, with, about four or five Inches 

 of the Stem ; the Skin of thefe Stems 

 fhoukl be if ripped off, before they 

 are boiled : thefe will be very tender, - 

 and little inferior to Afparagus. After 

 the firlt Heads are cut off, there will 



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