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This plant differs very much from the Turnip- 
rooted Cabbage, that plant bears it bulb under the 
furface of the ground, and its leaf more nearly re- 
fembles that of the common turnip; whereas the 
turnip-cabbage produces its bulb above the furface 
of the ground, which bulb is in fa& an enlargement 
of the ftalk, furrounded with leaves, nearly refemb- 
ling thofe of brocoli. It delights in a dry, elevated, 
and rather light foil. The feeds may be fown at any 
time from the end of March to the middle of May; 
and even later, if not intended to’be tranfplanted. 
They muft be fown very thin, and the plants thinned 
out to about three inches afunder. The beft method 
is to prepare a part of the land, intended for the 
crops, as early as poffible for the feed-beds, by which 
means you can conveniently allot good room for 
thofe beds, and will fave the trouble and expence of 
carrying them from the garden to the field. When 
the land is prepared, (which fhould be done nearly 
as for common turnips) and the plants in the feed- 
beds are from five to feven weeks old, let it be 
ploughed in fmall two-bout ridges, let a light roller 
follow the plough, to flatten the tops of the ridges, 
and let the plants be immediately put in as nearly as 
poflible in the middle of the ridges, about three 
feet afunder; obferving not to plough more ridges, 
than will be planted in the fame day. ‘The ftouter 
the plants are in reafon when tranfplanted, the bet- 
ter, The land muft on no account be ploughed 
when 
