220 CABBAGES. [PART II. 



seen enough in Part I. There is one observa 

 tion to make, as to the depth to which the plant 

 should be put into the ground. It should be 

 placed so deep, that the stems of the outside 

 leaves be just clear of the ground; for, if you 

 put the plant deeper, the rain will wash the 

 .loose earth in amongst the stems of the leaves, 

 which will make an open poor cabbage ; and, if 

 the plant be placed so low as for the heart to 

 be covered with dirt, the plant, though it will 

 live, will come to nothing. Great care must, 

 therefore, be taken as to this matter. If the 

 stems of the plants be long, roots will burst 

 out nearly all the way up to the surface of the 

 earth. 



184. The distances at which cabbages ought 

 to stand in the rows must depend on the sorts. 

 The following is nearly about the mark. Early 

 Salisbury afoot; Early York fifteen inches; 

 Early Batter sea twenty inches; Sugar Loaf 

 two feet ; Savoys two feet and a half; and the 

 Drum-head, Thousand-headed, Large Hollow, 

 Ox cabbage, all four feet. 



185. With regard to the time of sowing some 

 more ought to be said ; for> we are not here, as 

 in England, confined within four or five de 

 grees of latitude. Here some of us are living 

 in fine, warm weather, while others of us are 

 living amidst snows. It will be better, there- 



