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butter, or the gravy of meat. The Portsmouth is very large ; the 

 Large Purple Cape is very fine.- Sow in April and May, in a very 

 rich soil, in rows two feet asunder, and two feet in the row, several 

 seeds together, and tread the ground very hard. Leave, finally, but 

 a single plant in a place. Hoe frequently, but shallow, and earth 

 once. They flower from August to late in autumn. 



36. BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Brassicaoleracea,v.;sabauda.,s\ibv. 

 A delicate species of cabbage, which rises three or four feet in 



height. Small heads, an inch or two in diameter, issue from the 

 base of the leaves ; these, after being duly ameliorated by frost, 

 form a delicate article when boiled. Protected during winter, they 

 furnish fine sprouts in spring. Sow in May, and cultivate as for 

 cabbages. 



37. CABBAGE. Brassica. 



1. Early York. 10. Pancalier Savoy. 



2. Early May. 11. Large Bergen, or Great American. 



3. Early Low Dutch, 12. Large Late Drumhead. 



4. Early Battersea. 13. Large Scotch. 



5. Early Sugar Loaf. 14. Large Green Glazed. 



6. Choude Milan. 15. Red Dutch. 



7. Yellow Savoy. 16. Turnip- Rooted. 



8. Large Cape Savoy. 17. Turnip- Rooted, or Arabian. 



9. Green Globe Savoy. 18. Red Variegated Russian. 



A biennial plant. When boiled, it forms a wholesome and agree- 

 able food. In making sour krout, the heads of cabbage, after being 

 chopped fine, are strewed in layers in a barrel, and a handful of 

 salt, mixed with a few caraway seeds, are strewed between each 

 layer, till the barrel is filled. A heavy weight is now placed on 

 the mass, and as soon as the fermentation, which soon commences, 

 has subsided, the weight is removed and the barrel is headed. .A 

 fine article for the sea stores of ships sailing on distant voyages a 

 powerful antiscorbutic, and highly relished by all who become ac- 

 customed to it, when boiled with beef. 



Savoy cabbages are deemed nearly equal to cauliflowers. No. 10 

 is said to be the best of all ; and cabbages set in spring produce fine 

 sprouts. The Red Dutch, after being salted forty -eight hours, forms 

 a good article when pickled in vinegar. The Large Dutch and 

 Drumhead are profitable to raise for the food of cattle ; 44 tons were 

 raised in 1821, by E. H. Derby, Esq., of Salem, on an acre. For early 

 cabbages, sow in March, in a hot-bed. For a late crop, sow in May, 

 stamping the ground hard. Set the small kinds two feet asunder 

 each way, the large kinds three feet apart every way, and hoe 

 often. In autumn, strip the outside leaves, and set the cabbages in 

 eailh, in compact beds ; protect by a covering of straw or sea-weed. 

 No. 18, or Red Variegated Russian, is a beautiful ornamental variety. 



38. CARDOON. Cynara cardunculus. 



1. Spanish Cardoon. 2. Cardoon of Tours. 



A gigantic plant, rising from four to five feet, much esteemed 



and cultivated in France. The thick ribs, or stalks of the leaves, 



when Tull grown and blanched, are tender and of a delicate flavor. 



Sow the seeds in April or May, in the bottom of trenches which 



