H&tUB 
Vol. XLIV. No. 1836. 
NEW YORE; APRIL 4, 1885. 
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Brussels Sprouts.— Sown in April, yield 
sprouts in September and October, and sown 
in May, give us sprouts from October till 
hard winter weather sets in. The “sprouts” 
are a series of solid, little cabbage knobs that 
are borne at the axils of the leaves along the 
tall stem; but, mark you, they are not always 
solid by any means. Besides, they are so ape 
to be infested with aphides in the Fall that I 
should not recommend their cultivation to any 
who are not prepared to give them a deal of 
attention. 
Broccoli. —Might be called “cauliflower- 
heeled-in in a deep cold-frame, where they 
can be protected from fro3t, and they all will 
“flower” before Spving. 
Curled Kale. —This isa capital vegetable. 
Sow in Spring, or any time before the end of 
June, and plant out as you would cabbage. 
You may begin using them in October. Frost 
improves their quality. They are the hard¬ 
iest of the cabbage race. Before the ground 
gets locked in frost, lift them and heel them 
in closely in some warm, sheltered place, 
where you can get at them easily when you 
want them, and where you can protect their 
^ tops a little by some 
evergreen or other 
brash. The German 
•J IT iffy kale, like spinach, is 
usually sown in early 
JMjwMmA September in rows 12 
*' . v to 15 inches apart, to 
yield “greens” in 
1 Thk Abcse of Cab- 
back.—I fully recog- 
nize the importance of 
hut my appreciation of 
- it is not so great that I 
should have it day 
after day uninterrupt- 
edly on my dinner 
table. Pork and cab¬ 
bage are all very well 
now and again, but 
__^ when they become our 
stereotyped noon day 
meal, it is not well. 
Our health and appe- 
l * te demand a change, 
RRd if we do not get it, 
it is beeause indiflfer- 
• a^v'Ll^ Jx-jw ence or laziness deny 
0\it tous. Thisisinex- 
cusable, as we have so 
many other easily 
^^ggji&pjr grown good and palat- 
^— able vegetables to re- 
monotonous cabbage. 
Other “Greens.” 
—Between the end of 
April and the first of 
July asparagus is in 
§ season,and during this 
every spear of “grass,” 
and the bed will hold 
good for twenty years. 
Green peas come in 
about the first of June. 
From the end of Juue 
till October we can 
have Snap Beans in 
come in early in Au¬ 
gust and last till frost 
destroys the vines. 
ings we can have 
till Christmas, and if 
the fall-sown spinach 
winters well, we can 
j pick from it in April. 
rsey Wakefield. ^he tops of the young 
beets pulled out as 
Sow about the 20th of September, winter- 
over and treat as cabbages sown at the same 
time, only bear in mind that cauliflower i3 a 
little more tender, la Spring, plant out on 
well prepared, well-sheltered ground, and if 
you will have good luck you will get cauli¬ 
flower; if not, you will get “buttons.” But by 
sowing in a dox in February, then pricking 
out into a hot-bed in March, and planting out 
when the ground is mellow in April, and 
keeping clean and cultivated, you may rea¬ 
sonably expect to get cauliflower. With 
cauliflower I have found from, the moment 
CABBAGE AND ITS ALLIES. 
THE BEST KINDS: METHODS OF CUL¬ 
TIVATION; NOTES FROM EXPERI¬ 
ENCED GROWERS. 
WILLIAM FALCONER. 
Cabbage, potatoes excepted, is the com¬ 
monest vegetable on the farmer’s table. It 
can be grown in any ordinary garden soil, 
with very little 
trouble, and in some 
variety or other is 
available for use ev- , 
ery day of theyear. ( 
Early Cabbage.— , 
I sow Jersey Wake- t ' ^ < 
field and Winning- Vv 
stadt In the third 
week In September JF Vr, 
out- of- d o o r s, and L [d 
about the first of 
November plant them /i 
thickly—two to three Syr, * 
inchesapart-in acold- •&, 
frame where they are 
protected from very 
severe weather; but 
not ut all “coddled.” ^ ^ 
Assoonasthe ground ■ -> - 
is in good working 
condition iti Spring I 
plant them out in 
rows two feet apart 
each way—last year 1 
pi an tec 1 n M arc b 18th. h 
but this Spring, owing 
to the severe weather, '''' ■ 1 
I can-not plant out so ,V , 
early. I begin using 
from this planting yg- 
early in J une, and ex- - x= 
pect it to last ti 1 the 
middle of July. But JjwC* 
if yon want good sue- ^ 
cess with this crop, — 
plant only on ground ' - 
that is sheltered from 
north and west winds. 
I also sow’ some seed 
of the same sorts in a 
hotbed in March, (if 
the weather is mild, I 
sow about the ond of 
February), and after ^ " 
hardening the plants, y'.\v 
plant out itt April. 1 lift''' 
My spring-sown plants TX? 
are ofteu more satis- 
factory than my wiu- % / v ; 
tered-overones. lex- fey 
pect some of the Win- . < A' V 
ningstadts to last till 
the end of Summer. v . ; ^~ / 
Late Cabbages.— .y 
About the middle of ' „ 
May, in a bed iu the </• I 1 
open garden 1 sow Ber- 
gen Drumheud, and 
Drumhead Savoy, and 
plaut them out, on '"is— 
groimd cleared from 
early peus,—about the 
eud of June or the 1. Beef Heart. 
first of July—in rows Heartwkll. 
some 23 ^ feet apart 
each way. Savoys are 
the beat flavored of all cabbages, improved in 
quality by a little frost, good keepers and can 
be wintered in the same way us ordinary late 
cabbages,—buried, heads down. Save the 
roots and stems of these late cabbages, and 
plaut themclosely iu rows in Spring, and they 
will soon produce a lot of sprouts that make 
very good greens. 
the seed is sowu till the “flower” is formed, 
the plants should be kept in vigorous growing 
condition. For fall and winter use sow about 
the 12th to 20th of May, trausplaut early iu 
July and water copiously if needed. The 
plants that have not hearted before Novem¬ 
ber, if then they show any sign of a “flower,” 
no matter how small, may be lifted and 
in-misery.” The “flower” is purplish or dirty- 
white. the whole plaut is hardier thau cauli¬ 
flower. Oftener seen iu catalogues thau ou 
farmers’ tables. 
Cauliflower.— Soil and situation to a 
great extent govern its success, and experi¬ 
ment only can teach us what sorts are best 
suited for our ground. I grow Snowball. 
