SECT. XV. ©T ESCULENTS. f4i 



March, in drills ten inches afunder, and thin the plants 

 to fix. Let the foil be cool and good, and two feet 

 if pofhble. Water in very dry time. 



Savoy is a cabbage, peculiarly adapted for late 

 autumn, winter, and Jpring ufe, as frofl improves it, 

 making it tenderer and fweeter than before. The forts 

 ere green and yellow ; the former mofily cultivated, as 

 it looks befl at table. 



If favoys are defired forward, fow a little in a warm 

 border in February, or under a hand-glafs; but a fow- 

 ing in March, and another in April, in an open fitua- 

 tion is fufficient. Thin the feed bed in time, that the 

 plants may be ftraightand robuft; and when about three 

 inches high, prick them out at five or fix inches dif- 

 tance, where let them grow to a proper fize, (as in 

 June or July) to plant out at two feet apart, or a little 

 more, if in a rich foil. Chufe moiit. weather for this 

 work, ifpoffible, and give fome water. Earth them up 

 as they grow. 



Sprouts of favoys are delicate eating fpring greens, 

 and therefore if the ground is wanted where the ftalks 

 grow, they may be taken up, and laid deep in a trench 

 for the purpofe. 



Scorzonera. is a carrot-rooted efculent, and 

 therefore requires a deep, and mould have a cool foil. 

 Cultivate it as Jalfafy, only let the drills be two or three 

 inches wider, and the plants an inch or two more 

 afunder. 



Se a-Cale, or cabbage, is a vegetable not generally- 

 known, except in EJfex, Suffex, and the Weft of England* 

 but it is much liked by many, and as an early fpring 

 production is valuable. 



Its natural place of growth being the Jea-bcach, it i* 

 evident that a fandy foil will fuit it befl. Some people 

 cultivate it in ahnofl all fand, which, if it is the natural 

 foil of the place, is proper, as fuch furface fand is 

 endowed with good vegetable principles ; but when a 

 foil is made, it ihouW be one hali/harp, or drift fand, 

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