| Show new vegetable entered illinois family garden A new vegetable has entered the family garden at the university of illinois it Is called italian broccoli a plant closely related to cauliflower the new vegetable has the ability to produce two or three crops a season it Is as easy to raise as cabbage and has it a delicate flavor as 03 cauliflower according to lee A sommers Sonn ners of the university it la Is a hardy plant and can endure far nr greater temperatures than cauliflower about CO 60 to 70 days after the plant Is set in the field the main stem enlarges and flower buds break forth the buds form the edible part of the plant the plant looks somewhat dike cauliflower but it Is green after the first main head Is removed smaller heads form and are soon ready to cut the common method of serving the vegetable Is similar to cauliflower |
