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Article XL. 



On the Turnip Cabbage. 



[To the Secretary.] 

 Sir, 



T Send you herewith a plant of a fpecies of vegc- 

 -*• table, I believe, as yet but little known in Eng- 

 land. I received the feed lad year, under the nanie 

 of Turnip Cabbage, faid to be brought by Mr, 

 Haftings fronn the Cape of Good Hope. It is a 

 very hardy plant, enduring the winter at leaft as 

 well if not better than brocoli. I have found it a 

 moft valuable acquifition to the kitchen garden ; 

 and it might probably be introduced with advan- 

 tage by the farmer as an article of fodder for his 

 flock. I fliall take a future opportunity to fend 

 you a fmall parcel of feed, which I have faved from 

 a plant of laft year's fowing, and likewife fome par- 

 ticulars refpeding the mode and feafons of culti- 

 vating it. 



I am, Sir, 



Your humble iervant. 



TWERTON, 



Sffi.2^, 1788. 



THO. BROUGHTON. 



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