166 On the different Varieties of Broccoli. 



sort ; if sown in April; it produces in the following April, 

 and beginning of May, line, compact, conical, sulphur- 

 coloured heads, some of them slightly dotted with purple. 

 The leaves have long footstalks, are much indented, and of 

 a blueish gray colour. Two feet distance will be sufficient 

 for the plants to grow well. 



11th. Spring White, or Cauliflower Broccoli. This should 

 be sown in March, and planted out at three feet distance. 

 When in good ground, it will produce very fine heads, per- 

 fectly white, throughout the months of April and May. It 

 grows very robust, with large leaves, flat and narrow, with 

 thick veins ; the leaves encompass and compress the head so 

 as to render it generally invisible when fit to cut, which is a 

 great preservative from the frosty mornings common in the 

 spring months. This sort was uncommonly fine this season 

 at Spring Grove. 



12th. Late divarf close-headed Purple Broccoli. This is 

 the latest purple Broccoli, being in perfection throughout 

 April and the greatest part of May. The plants seldom rise 

 above a foot in height ; the flower at first shews small and 

 green, but soon enlarges, and changes to a close conical pur- 

 ple head ; the leaves are short and small, dark green, with 

 white veins, much sinuated, deeply indented, and forming a 

 regular radius round the flower, giving the whole plant a sin- 

 gular and beautiful appearance. The seed should be sown in 

 April, and the plants must stand from one foot and a half to 

 two feet apart. 



13th. Latest Green, or Siberian Broccoli. This is the latest 

 and the hardiest of all the Broccolis 1 have met with, for the 

 severest winters will not destroy it. If sown towards the 



