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is both less in size, and runs much sooner after it forms. For 

 the same reason, I never prick out or transplant the general 

 crops ; and as the temperature of our climate does not suffer 

 vegetation to go on briskly from October to March, by fol- 

 lowing this method, the heads of flower will remain a long 

 time in a state of rest after they are formed, without bursting; 

 and heads from six to seven inches diameter are the ordinary 

 produce of our plants. 



The seeds of the third crop are sown in a frame, or under 

 hand glasses, and about the third week in October, the plants 

 become strong enough to remove, as in the two former crops. 

 From this sowing, the best plants are selected for seed, and 

 placed three or four under a hand glass, according to its size ; 

 three however, are sufficient, for they should not afterwards 

 be disturbed. They are gently watered and covered till they 

 have made fresh roots, after which air is plentifully admitted, 

 and they are treated through the winter exactly like Cauliflower 

 plants. From the hinls already given, it may be deduced, 

 that the plants intended for seed should not only be placed 

 in a part of the garden, remote from every other variety 

 of the Cabbage tribe, but that no plant whatever of any 

 variety, should be suffered accidentally to shew even a flower 

 in the garden ; and this business, when two or three hot 

 days in the months of May and June often produce the 

 effects of apparent enchantment, by suddenly bringing 

 Radishes, Turnips, Borecole, Cabbages, Sea Kale and 

 Cauliflowers, into bloom, requires very strict attention on 

 the part of the gardener. 



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