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Vtt^ tender a^d little interior to Aiparagus. Aitei 



the firft heads are cut off, there will be a great num- 

 ' ber of fide Ihoots produced from the ftems, which 

 ■Will have fmall heads to them, but are full as well fla- 

 voured as the large. Thefe fhoots will continue good 



■ until the middle of April, when the Afparagus will 

 come in plenty to.fupply the table. ^ ' 

 The Naples Broccoli hath white heads. Very 

 thofe of the Cauliflower, and eats fo like it, as not to 

 be diftinguifhcd from it. This is much tenderer than 

 the Roman Broccoli, fo is not fo much cultivated in 

 England •, for as the gardens near London generally 

 produce great plenty of late Cauliflowers, which, if 

 the feafon prove favourable, will continue tillChrift- 

 mas, the Naples Broccoli, coming at the fame time, 



IS not fo valuable. 



Befidcs this firft crop of Broccoli (which is ufually 

 fown the end of May,) it will be proper to fow ano- 

 ther crop the beginning of July, which will come 

 in to fupply the table the latter end of March, and 

 the beginning of April, and being very young, will 

 be extreniely tender and fweet. . , 



In order to fave good feeds of this kind of Broccoli 

 in England, you fhould referve a few of the largeft 

 heads of the firft crop, which fhould be let remain 

 to run up to feed, and all the under fhoots fhould be 

 conftantly ftripped off, leaving only the main ftem 

 to flower and feed. If this be dulyobferved, and 

 no other fort of Cabbage permitted to feed near them, 

 the feeds will be as good as thofe procured from 

 ' abroad, and the fort may be prefefved in perfedlion 



many years. . ,^^ , ■ ^ - , . ^ . . 



The manner of preparing the Naples Broccoli for the 



' table is this :' when your heads are grown to their full 



bignc^(as"niay be eafily known by their dividing, 



'and beginning to run up,) then you fhould cut them 



-of^' with about' four inches of the tender ftem to 



' thetn i then ftrip off the outer fkin of the ftem, and 



,^' after having wafhed them, boil them in a clean linen 



^ 'cloth (as is pfaftifed for Cauliflowers,) and ferve them 



\ up with butter, &c. and, if they are of a right kind, 



they will be tenderer than any Cauliflowers, though 



■ very like them in talte. 



fweetcf In fevere winters than in mild feafons. Tlus 

 may be propagated by fowing the feeds the begin- 

 ning of July ; and when the plants are ftrong enou<Th 

 for tranfplanting, they fhould be planted in rovvS 

 about a foot and a halt afunder^ and ten inches dif- 

 tance in the rows ; this workfliould be performed ac 

 a moift time, when the plants will foon take root, and 

 require no farther care. Thefe will be fit for ufe 

 after Chriftmas, and continue good until April, io 

 that they are very ufeful in a family. 

 The Muik Cabbage has, through negligence, been 

 aliTioft loft in England, though for eating it is one of 

 the beft kinds we have -, but being tenderer than many 

 other forts, is not profitable for gardeners who fup- 

 ply the markets i but thofe who* cultivate them for 

 their own table, fhould make choice of this, rather 

 than any of the common Cabbage, for it is always 

 loofer, and the leaves more crifp and tender, and has 

 a mofl agreeable mufky fcent when cut. This may 

 be propagated in the fame manner as the common 

 Cabbage, and ihould be allowed the fame diftance. 

 It will be fit for ufe in Oftober, .November, and De- 

 cember ; but> if the winter proves hard, thefe will be 

 dcftroyed much fooner than the common fort. 

 The common Colewort, or Dorfetfhire Kale, is new 

 almoft loft near London, where the markets are ufu- 

 ally fupplied with Cabbage plants, inftead of them ; 

 and thefe bein^ tenderer, and miore delicate in win- 

 ter, are much more cultivated than the common Colc- 

 . wort, which is better able to refift the cold in fevere 

 winters than thofe, but is not near fo delicate till 

 pinched by froft. And fince the winters in Eng- 



land have been generally temperate of late years, th 

 common Cabbage plants have conftantly been culti- 

 vated by the gardeners near London, and fold in the 

 markets as Coleworts, which, if they are^of the Su- 

 gar-loaf kind, is one of the fweeteft greens from De- 

 cember to April yet known. Indeed, where farmers 

 fow Coleworts to feed their milch-cattle in the fpring, 

 when there is a fcarcity of Kerbage, the common 

 Colewort is to be preferred, as being fo very hardy 

 that no froft willdeftroy it. The bell method to cul- 

 tivate this plant in the fields is, to fow the feeds about 

 ''■ The Turnep-rooted Cabbage was formerly more cul- j the beginning of July, choofing a moift feafon, which 



' tiyated in England than at prefent, for fince other 

 '■'forts have been introduced which are much better 



flavoured, this fort has been neglefted, 

 fome perfons Who efteem this kind for foups : but it 

 is generally too ftrong for moft Englifli palates, and 

 eldorn good but in hard winters, which will ren- 

 , , SX it tender and lefs ftrong. 

 ^■;Tt may be propagated by fowing the feeds in April, 

 "' oh abed of light frefh earth ; and when the plants are 



will bring up the plants in about ten days or a fort- 

 night •, the quantity of feed for an acre of land is nine 

 There' are { pounds : when the plants have got five or fix leaves. 



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Come Up about an inch high, they fhould be tranf- 

 ' ^'planted out in a fhady border, at^ about tv/o inches 

 " diftance every way, obferving to water thehi until 

 they havQ^^taken root; after which time they will re- 

 quire no other culture^but to kee^ them clear from 

 weeds, unlefs the feafon fhould prove extremely dry ; 

 in which cafe it wjjl. be proper to' water them every 

 four or five days, to prevent their being ftinted by 

 ttie mildew, which is fubjeft to feize thefe plants in 



;'ve?y dry weather. . : ^^ ^ -'^^ ' ^:X^!^W^^^^^ 

 In the beginning of June, the plants fhould be tranf- 

 planted out where they are to remain, allowing _tj}em 

 two feet diftance every way^ "obferving to water 

 them until they have taken root*, and as their ftems 



. advance, the earth fhould be drawn up to them with 



a hoe, which will preferve "a rnoifbare about their 



■ roots, and prevent their ftems from drying and grbw- 



^ ing woody, fo that the plants will grow more freely -, 

 but it fhould not be drawn very high, for as it is the 

 "globular part of the ftalk which is eaten, fo that fiiould 

 not be covered. In winter they will b^ fit for ufe, 

 when they fhould be cut off, and the ftalks pulled 

 out of the ground, and thrown away, as being good 

 for nothing after the ftems are cut off. .! ^, , . 



The curled Colewort of Siberian Borecole, is now 

 more generally efteemed than tlic former,' beine ex- 

 treme hardy, fo is never injured by cold, butisalways 



they fhould be hoed, as ispraftifed forTurneps, cut- 

 ting down all the weeds from aniongft the plants, 

 and alfo thinning the plants where they are too thick ; 

 but they fhould be kept thicker than Turneps, be- 

 caufe they are more in danger of being deftroyed by 

 the fly : this work fliould be performed in dry wea- 

 ther, that the weeds may be killed •, for if it fhould 

 prove moift foon after, the weeds will take root again, 

 and render the work of little ufe. About fix weci^s 

 after, the plants lliould have a fecond hoeing, whicJi, 

 if carefully performed in dry weather, will entirely 

 deftroy the weeds, and make the ground clean, la 

 that they will require no farther culture. In the 

 fpring they may either be drawn up and carried out 

 to feed the cattle, or they may be turned in to fa^d 

 upon them as they fland ; but the former m.ethod is 

 to be preferred, becaufe there will be little wafte ; 

 whereas, when the cattle are turned in am^ongft the 

 plants, they will tread down and deftroy more than 



; they eat, efpecially if they are not fenced off by 

 hurdles. 

 The perennial Colewort is alfo little cultivated in tlic 



, gardens near London at prefent. This is very hardy, 

 and may be cultivated in the fame manner as the for- 

 mer fort. This will continue two years before it runs 

 up to feed, and will afterwards produce many fide 



. fhoots, and in poor land will continue three or four 



' years -, but in rich foils it wi]l not laft fo long. This 



may be ufed as the former fort, to feed cattle ; for 



it is not fo good for the table (unlefs in very fevere 



froft) as the plants wliich are now cukivattd for that 



purpofe. 



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