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cabbages, at three feet distance every way, and afterwards be kept 
free from weeds and the earth drawn to their stems as they advance 
in growth. Those intended for winter use should never be planted 
in a rich fat loam, as there they would become too succulent, and 
consequently could not bear the frost as well as if growing on a 
gravelly soil. Such as are designed for autumn use may be planted 
in any convenient open bed that is tolerably rich. 
Brussels^ Sprouts and Jerusalem Kale. 
The Brussels' sprouts and Jerusalem kale are both cultivated in 
the same manner, at the same time, and for similar purposes, as 
the borecole. They may be now sown and treated like the latter, 
with this difterence, that two feet, or rather two and a half, will be 
a sufficient distance for the final transplanting of the Jerusalem 
kale, as it never grows as tall as either of the other kinds. 
Turnip Cabbage and Turnip Booted Cabbage. 
For an account of both these varieties, see page 318. The seeds 
of the turnip cabbage may now be sown, and the plants afterwards 
treated as directed for cabbages; only observing not to earth them 
up above the swelling bulb on the stem. The turnip rooted kind 
should be sown on a bed of strong rich ground, as you would 
turnips, and treated like them in every respect; observing to thin 
the plants with the hoe, when advancing in growth, to the distance 
of about sixteen inches apart. Their roots will be much larger and 
better when treated in this way than if transplanted. 
The early sown plants of the former kind may now be planted 
out, and afterwards treated as above observed. 
Broccoli. 
The early sown broccoli plants should now be planted out into 
beds of good rich earth, in an open situation; the purple kind at 
two feet and a half distance every way, and the white at the dis- 
tance of three feet. 
Broccoli seeds of both these kinds, as well as of any other variety 
which you would wish to cultivate, should be sown early in this 
month for a second principal crop, for winter and spring use. Sow 
them in a bed or border of rich earth, in an open exposure, each 
kind separate, and rake them in regularly. 
In the middle and eastern states, where the frost is too power- 
ful for the standing out of these plants during winter, on its ap- 
proach they must be taken up and planted in earth up to their 
leaves, either in cellars or under sheds, where they can be pro- 
tected from wet and very rigorous frosts, and they will continue 
to produce their fine heads during all the winter months, which 
are equal to any cauliflowers. On the opening of spring, plant out 
the stalks of the purple kind, and they will produce abundance 
