CHAP, III.] CABBAGES. 205 



grew pretty well. From this bed, they would, 

 if I had had time, been transplanted into ano 

 ther, at about two and a half or three inches 

 apart. But, such as they were, very much 

 drawn up, I began planting them out as soon 

 as they were about four inches high. 



167. It was the 12th of May before they at 

 tained this height, and 1 then began planting 

 them out in a piece of ground, pretty good, 

 and deeply ploughed by oxen. My cauli 

 flowers, of which there were about three thou 

 sand, were too late to flower, which they never 

 will do, unless the flower have begun to shew 

 itself before the great heat comes. However, 

 these plants grew very large, and afforded a 

 great quantity of food for pigs. The outside 

 leaves and steins were eaten by sows, store- 

 pigs, a cow, and some oxen ; the hearts, which 

 were very tender and nearly of the Cauliflower- 

 taste, were boiled in a large cast-iron cal 

 dron, and, mixed with a little rye-meal, given 

 to sows and young pigs. I should suppose, 

 that these three thousand plants weighed 

 twelve hundred pounds, and they stood upon 

 about half an acre of land. I gave these to 

 the animals early in July. , 



J68. The Cabbages, sown in the bed, con 

 sisted partly of Early Yorks, the seed of 

 which had been sent me along with the Cauli- 



