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plants of different kinds. To thefe I gave two or 

 three good hoeings, and in Odlober had the fineft 

 cabbages in the neighbourhood. Perhaps many 

 might be larger and heavier, the average weight of 

 mine being from fix and a half to feven pounds ; 

 but nothing could exceed them in fweethefs and 

 goodnefs. What makes this the more remarkable 

 is, the farmer who laft occupied the land told me 

 it would not bear a cabbage, the foil was fo fhallow, 

 poor, and liable to burn. 



As foon as the cabbages were cut, I had it dug 

 again, and planted it with brocoli ; the plants grew 

 luxuriantly, and were as healthy and fine as ever 

 were feen, till the fevere frofls the beginning of 

 January inflant gave them a fevere blow. Be- 

 fore the fnow fell, they dropped their leaves, and 

 feemed much hurt; whether they will recover, as 

 I hope, will appear hereafter; they are now co- 

 vered with fnow. 



The condition as well as complexion of this part 

 of the field (three quarters of an acre) is very much 

 altered for the better; it has now the appearance of 

 good garden mould, is light, eafy to dig, and 

 crumbles with great eafe. This improvement of 

 the foil is wholly owing to the culture bcflowed upon 

 it. In the courfc of twelve months it has been dug 

 three times, and hoed or dug with a dung-fork 



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