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rally sown in June or July for an autumn, 
winter, or early spring crop. As they are 
always eaten young, they need not be planted 
more than ten or twelve inches apart every 
way ; and when they are gathered the stalks 
are always pulled up and thrown away. 
Savoys and Brussels sprouts .—Savoys are 
large cabbages with wrinkled leaves, the 
seed of which is sown about the end of 
March, in order that the crop may be ready 
for the table in November. The culture is 
the same as that of cabbages, except that as 
the savoys are large, they should be planted 
out in the bed where they are to cabbage, 
two feet apart every way. Brussels sprouts 
are a variety of the savoy cabbage; the 
plants first produce a small savoy on an 
elongated stalk, and when this is cut off, the 
long stalk throws out a number of little cab¬ 
bages from its sides, which are the Brussels 
sprouts. The culture is the same as for the 
Savoys, except that the plants, as they do 
not spread, need not be more than a foot or 
eighteen inches apart everyway; and that 
the seed is generally procured from Brussels, 
as that ripened in England is said to produce 
