116 Cabbages. [Part II. 



cabbage even in the South of England. Indeed no 

 reliance is placed upon cabbages for use, as cattle-food, 

 later than the month of December. The bulk is so large 

 that a protection by houses of any sort cannot be thougnt 

 of Besides, the cabbages, put together in large masses 

 would heat and quickly rot. in gejitlemen's gardens, 

 indeed, cabbages are put into houses, where they are 

 hung up by the heads. But, they icither in this state, 

 or they soon ■putrefy even here. By adopting the mode 

 of presening, which I have described above, all these 

 inconveniences would be avoided. Any quantity might 

 be preserved either in fields or in gardens at a very 

 trifling e.vpense, compared with the bulk of the crop. 



173. As to the application of my Savoys, and part of 

 the Drum-''2ads, too, indeed, if I find cabbages very 

 dear, at New York, in winter, I shall send them ; if not, 

 there they are for my cattle and pigs. The weight of 

 them will not be less, I should think, than ten tons. The 

 plants were put out by two men in one day ; and I shall 

 think it very hard if two men do not put the whole com- 

 pletely up in a tveek. The Savoys are very fine. A 

 little too late planted out ; but still very fine ; and they 

 were planted out under a burning sun and without a 

 drop of rain for weeks afterwards. So far from taking 

 any particular pains about these Savoys, I did not see 

 them planted, and I never saw them for more than ttvo 

 months after they were planted. The ground for them 

 was prepared thus : the ground, in each interval between 

 the Broom-Corn, had been, some little time before, 

 ploughed to the roAvs. This left a deep furrow in the 

 middle of the interval. Into this furrow I put the manure. 

 It was a mixture of good mould and dung from pig- 

 styes. The wagon went up the interval, and the 

 manure was drawn out and tumbled into the furrow. 

 Then the plough M'ent twice on each side of the furrow, 

 and turned the earth over the manure. This made a 

 ridge, and upon this ridge the plants were planted as 

 quickly after the plough as possible. 



174. Now, then, what is the trouble; what is the 

 expense, of all this I The seed was excellent. I do not 

 recollect ever having seen so large a piece of the cab- 

 bage kind >vith so few spurious plants. But, though 



