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the stems, if taken up and planted in rows, as early n March as the weatliei 
will admit, will produce abundance of the most delicious sprouts. 
11 In the Southern States, and even in warm soils and exposures in the 
Middle States, borecole will stand the winter in open beds, without any 
covering whatever.”— M L Mahon. 
Use .—The crown or center of the plant is cut off, so as to include the 
leaves which do not exceed nine inches in length. It boils well, and is most 
tender, sweet and delicate, provided it has been duly exposed to frost — 
London. 
BROCCOLI. 
Brassica oleracea. — Broccoli , Fr .—Italianische Kohl , Ger. 
There are several varieties of broccoli, which are all merely late-heading 
varieties of the cauliflower. Miller mentions the white and purple broccoli, 
as imported into England from Italy; and it is thought that from these two 
sorts dll the subsequent kinds have arisen, either by accidental or premedi¬ 
tated impregnations. The kinds introduced into this country are, the early- 
white, early purple, and large cape. 
The seeds of broccoli should be sown in New England about the latter 
»nd of May, or beginning of June; and when the young plants have germin¬ 
ated eight leaves, they should be transplanted into beds. By this manage¬ 
ment, towards the latter end of July, they will be fit to be planted out in 
some well sheltered piece of ground, at the distance of a foot and a half in 
the rows, and two feet between each row. 
The soil proper for broccoli is rather light than heavy. M‘Mahon says, 
the early purple broccoli, if sown early in April, and planted out as you do 
cabbage, in good rich ground, -will produce fine heads in October or Novem¬ 
ber, very little inferior to cauliflowers, and, by many, preferred to them : 
the white will not flower so early, and, in the Middle and Eastern States, 
must be taken up in November, and managed as directed in that month, 
[see u preserving cabbages ,” &c. under the article Cabbage, in the following 
pages,] by which a supply of this very delicious vegetable may be had, in 
great perfection, during all the winter and spring. 
“In such of the Southern States, as their winters are not more severe than 
in England, they will stand in the open ground, and continue to produce 
their fine flowers, from October to April. In the Middle, and especially the 
Eastern States, if the seeds are sown early in March on a hot-bed, and for¬ 
warded as is done w r ith cauliflowers and early cabbage plants, and planted 
