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BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
G ROWN as both an early fall and winter vegetable, 
this unusual variety of the cabbage family is sown 
and cultivated very much like common cabbage. Seeds 
may be sown in a hotbed or cold frame for an early crop 
or outdoors, early in May, in rows eighteen inches apart, 
covering seeds about one-quarter inch deep. As soon as 
the seedlings make the third pair of leaves, they should be 
thinned out to stand four inches apart in the row. 
Early in June, when they have developed into sturdy 
plants, as shown above, transplant them into their 
permanent rows, in rich soil, allowing eighteen inches to 
two feet between the plants and two to two and a half 
feet between the rows. 
Brussels Sprouts are not as hardy as ordinary cabbage. 
The stalks should be pulled before severe cold weather 
sets in and stored in a frost-proof cellar. The sprouts 
may either be left to remain on the stalks until wanted 
or they may be cut off and packed in shallow berry baskets. 
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