March 2, 
188 
CULTURE OF BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
In the year 1876 Smith R. Dewey, a 
commission merchant doing business be¬ 
tween the farmers of eastern Long Is¬ 
land and produce dealers in New York, 
had his attention called to the Brussels 
Sprouts that were being introduced into 
this country from France. Being a far¬ 
sighted man, he at once saw large possi- 
SMITII R. DEWEY. 
bilities for this new vegetable and realiz¬ 
ed they were a vegetable that would grow 
in favor with the city trade, and after 
much trouble he was enabled to procure 
a little seed imported from France, and 
distributed it among three farmers in this 
neighborhood. One farmer out of the 
three was successful, and raised a good 
crop from his share of the seed, and in 
the Fall harvested them in a rough way 
and shipped them to New York to Mr. 
Dewey, where they sold for $8 per bar¬ 
rel. “Imitation is the mother of develop¬ 
ment” ; this is especially so along the farm¬ 
er’s line, and so when it was found one 
man could raise a new vegetable with a 
certain degree of success, others were 
anxious to try it, and thus a number of 
farmers caught the spirit, and by repeated 
trials and the study of the habits of this 
plant it has grown in favor and propor¬ 
tion until it has become one of the lead¬ 
ing factors in farming on eastern Long 
Island. From the few quarts first raised 
and used they have grown in popularity 
until to-day millions of quarts are used, 
and are shipped from Long Island to all 
the large cities in the United States. 
Long Island soil and climate seem es¬ 
pecially adapted to the Brussels sprout, 
but the writer knows of no reason why 
they cannot be grown in almost any clim¬ 
ate where the cabbage and cauliflower 
thrive. They are grown in a small way 
by some of the market gardeners around 
Boston, but a great many Long Island 
sprouts find their way into this market. 
Orient, L. I., seems especially adapted to 
A PLANT OP BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
raising the seed, and this seed is eagerly 
sought for by the farmers on Long Isl¬ 
and. This seed sells at 75 cents to $1 per 
ounce. The various seed houses through¬ 
out the country are now offering sprouts 
seed at a greatly reduced price, but re¬ 
peated trials have proven this seed to be 
of an inferior quality. One trial in par¬ 
ticular I remember. I bought some seed 
from an eastern seed house. I sowed 
this seed along with some home-grown 
seed, taking great pains with the seed and 
the plants. They grew thriftily, and I 
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could see no particular difference in them. 
When plants were large enough I trans¬ 
planted them to a field prepared for them 
and nursed them carefully. They both 
grew finely, and I could see no difference 
in them all Summer until Fall, when the 
home plants stopped making growth of 
stump and began to make buttons or 
small sprouts, and grew out a fine crop, 
while the other plants continued to grow 
stump, until they had grown nearly four 
feet high, and did not show any sign 
or inclination to produce buttons or 
sprouts. Perhaps some of my readers 
will imagine I am advertising sprouts 
seed, but this is not so, as I do not and 
never did raise any, but buy from my 
neighbors what I use. 
Our method of culture is as follows: 
We sow the seed in drill, the same as 
for cabbage about June 15. When plants 
are large enough to transplant, we pull 
them and plunge the roots in water, pack 
in crates and take to the field. If it is 
a very dry spell we use transplanting ma¬ 
chines. If the weather is favorable we 
use dibbers, setting the plants 18 inches 
in the row, with rows three feet apart. 
The land must be in a good state of cul¬ 
tivation, as sprouts are a gross feeder. 
Use plenty of fertilizer and as Henry 
Ward Beecher once said, “The best fer¬ 
tilizer for any soil is a spirit of industry, 
enterprise and intelligence, without these 
lime and gypsum, bones and green man- 
ture, marl and guano will be of little use.” 
Thorough cultivation is one of the great 
secrets of success to this crop as will 
apply to any other crop. After the crop 
has matured we cut the plants off just 
above the ground with a corn hoe, haul 
them to some convenient place near the 
packing house and stack them in wind¬ 
rows about a rod wide and any desired 
length. These windrows are then cover¬ 
ed with some kind of litter to protect 
from wind and cold. Then begins the 
Winter’s work of picking. Sprouts are 
now shipped in quart cups, the same as 
Strawberries; 32, 48 and 60-quart crates 
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ditions. On highly cultivated land 4.000 
quarts is often gathered, and from that 
down to 2,000 is considered a profitable 
yield. fred tabor. 
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