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We have tried the Scotch cabbages, but found 

 them fo flow in their growth, that they would not 

 anfwer unlefs Town in autumn, and planted in beds, 

 the expence of which would deftroy the profit.* 



'^It is to be remarked, that frofts and cold winds, 

 in this eaftern part of the kingdom, prevent our 

 fowing till the end of February always, and often 

 till fometime in March; and the fort I have menti- 

 oned does very well at that time, requiring only to 

 be taken out of the feed- bed, and planted in the 

 fieldatcighteen inches, diftance every way.f 



Turnips are always twice, and often three times 

 hand-hoed with a nine-inch hoe. This work re- 

 quires confiderable dexterity, as the plants that are 

 not to be cut up fliould be left regularly at a foot 

 diftance from each other, and the hoeing, muft be 

 begun before the plants are too forward. A farmer 

 who is not ufed to this pradice, and fees the wi- 



* We beg leave here to. obferve, that fowing the feed on a wheat 

 ftubble ploughed up, would do no detriment ; on the contrary, it would 

 prepare the land for a fpring turn and fummer tilth for turnips ; and 

 whether the feed be fown- fpring or autumn, tranfplanting and hoeing 

 will be equally neceflary. Wheat fown in autumn is no more trouble 

 than in fpring. But we find that Scotch cabbages, fown in April> 

 come to their higheft perfedion both in fize and quality in the county 

 ofSomerfet. 



t Surely the plants muft be hoed; and the fame proceft only is rC"* 

 quired in the Scotch as other kind*. 



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