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rows, and sow your seed in these, bearing in mind that you will have to toate 
seedlings out to about 9 inches from plant to plant. The seeds shoul a 
steeped for about twelve hours in water at a temperature of about 60 degre 
This is not only to be recommended in the case of beets, but for many other com 
table seeds as well; indeed, any seeds with a tough coat will be all the better 
it, Sow the seeds while still damp, and cover from 1 to 14 inches. het 
You may, if you choose, sow beets ina seed bed and transplant them ae 
about 2 inches high; and when only a few are wanted for a small garden, this 
pemipe as good a way as any. In planting allow about a square foot to 
ant. 
i The varieties are :—Blood-red, Champion-red, Turnip-rooted, for a 
and Silver for the stalks of the leaves, which are used as a vegetable. 
require 2 oz. of seed for an acre garden. 
Broccor1.—Some magnificent plants of broccoli have been grown. in the 
colony—better than any I have ever seen or heard of before. It is a native 
the Mediterranean coast, and no doubt finds itself somewhat at home amov 
us, though it will not thrive during the hot summer months. It likes 27 
deep, light soil, and will not succeed on soil previously exhausted by a Ce 
the same family (Brassicacex), ‘The seed bed should be light, rich, and ined 
in texture, and should not be shaded by trees. The seedlings must be gt? all 
without a check, and require ‘plenty of water, as indeed do the plants ae 
stages. Choose a damp day to plant out, and then do so at a distance of and 
2 feet to 2 feet 6 inches. Adamson’s Early White, Grange’s Early White, 
Elletson’s Mammoth are good varieties. “You want 2 oz. of seed for an #® 
garden. : nis 
Brussets Sprours.—This is a vegetable for poor soils, especially 1 oxy 
climate. The small compact heads or sprouts produced from the axil of ev? 
leaf, and remaining when the leaf has fallen away, have, when well cooke® 
nutty flavour peculiarly their own, which one soon comes to appreciate. i 
manuring destroys this flavour, and loose insipid sprouts are formed, ¥ af 
inferior to the usually delicate crisp ones. The seeds may be sown ¥ 
ordinary bed, and the seedlings planted out in rows 18 inches to 2 feet # 
About 2 oz. of seed is the allowance for an acre garden, 
Varieties.—Rosebery, Scrymger’s Giant, Exhibition. a 
Caznacr.—This colony produces magnificent cabbage, but there Se" 
if one can form any idea from those exhibited at shows, to be a tendency ; 
go in for mere size, without any reference to the qualities which constitie f 
good cabbage. This vegetable should be judged—(1) According to qué. het 
the leaves should be thick and succulent, they should lie very close to each oF ‘9 
and be very closely turned in. (2) According to form: the head should b® a 
the form of a cone, not flat. (8) According to size, weight, and ire 
Until some uniformity is observed in judging at our exhibitions, no one has 2 
idea what kind of an exhibit is likely to secure a prize. Cabbage loves @ deep 
rich, open ground. It thrives where there is plenty of manure, an tbe 
Chinaman’s success with “cabbagee” is due to the fact that he recognises 
necessity for the water ration being on a very liberal scale. Sow your sett 
broadcast, or in drills. I prefer the latter. Cover slightly (a quarter of an” 8 
or so) with sifted leaf mould; water gently, but thoroughly. When your plan i 
are 3 or 4 inches in height, transplant them into their final quarters in 2° ff 
from 18 inches to 2 feet apart, according to the size of the variety. er 
garden of one acre requires about 4 oz. of seed. . The favourite variety *° 
exhibition purposes in England is Early York ; this is a rather small cabbie 
but of superior quality. Varieties grown here are—Large York, St. J geld 
Day, Anderson’s Improved, Early Jersey, Wakefield, London Market, En 
Market, Sugarloaf, Drumhead (rather coarse), Flat Dutch, and Red Pickling 
Canpaces (Savoy).—At an exhibition at Beenleigh some little time abe 
saw some really good Savoy cabbages. ‘They are, when well grown, one of he 
yery best table vegetables. ‘The method of cultivation is the same.as with 
