Show Agronomist Lists I New Nev Plant For I Home Garden Broccoli is one of the newer I ve vegetables to many gardeners gardener but it has been known and appreciated by Europeans for many years It I belon belongs s to the cabbage family and forms a loose flower head flower head upon a aI atall atall I tall fleshy branchin branching stalk in- in inI instead instead in instead I stead of or compact heads as in the case with caul cauliflower lower I Sprouting broccoli i in iR adopted to tho those sections of the country where cabbage e does well It is how however however however I ever more resistant to heat than 1 most most other members o of the fib I cab cab- cab cabbage ba bage bago family acc according to Professor Professor sor SOl J C Ho Hogenson on en extension aJl- aJl agronomist agronomist I of the thc Utah State a agricultural agricultural I tural college I Broccoli is grown rown in the same way as cabba cabbage e Plants are arc grown rown indoors indoor during durin the early spring sprin months and then set out in the thc open durin during April These plants begin to yield sprouts about 10 weeks later Inter The fall crop i is hand hand- handled handled led in the same way as aa late cab cab- cabbage cabbage bage except that the the seed is sown about three weeks later hater The carr carrying ing flower buds are cut about six inches long and sprouts arise in the axis axis of the leaves so that a continuous harvest may be obtained Sprouting broccoli is prepared for eating in many ways just as asis asis asis is cabbage It has a more pleasant taste is sweater crisper and more than cabba cabbage e Another ad- ad advantage ad advantage vanta vantage e that it has over cabba cabbage e eis is that it has no strong aroma when being cooked It is rich in vitamins A B and C and makes a good salad and slaw plant The plant is not bothered so badly by injurious insects or diseases as is cabbage and is recommended by Professor Ho Hogenson as a useful and productive plant for the home ardea |