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the sake of their thick ribs, being peeled for stew- 

 ing, and eat as asparagus y and called chards ; some 

 say the yellow is best, though the white is most com- 

 monly the sort used. Sow beets in February or 

 March, thinly, either in drills or broad cast, and 

 hoe them to a foot asunder : They run to seed the 

 second year. A little also may be sown, early in 

 autumn, for late spring use ; but they will be small. 

 The red sort is cultivated for its root, and is pre- 

 served in winter, in dry sand, as carrots are ; and 

 of this there is a turnip shaped sort, that suits best 

 in heavy shallow soils, and a long rooted sort proper 

 for light and deep ones ; Beets, and principally the 

 red, require a rich soil. 



BOORCOLE, or cale, is a hardy green, of which 

 we have two principal sorts, green and brown, and 

 a little variety is in the leaf, as plain, curled, varie* 

 gated: The latter is a pretty vegetable when grow- 

 ing, but not so hardy, or so pleasant at table, as the 

 1 other sorts. 



Some sow two crops of this green at the end of 

 March and of April, but one sowing may suffice ; 

 ^nd the first day of April, or at least in the first 

 week, is the best time. Sow in an open situation, 

 and in cool ground, and thin the plants in time, that 

 they may be robust, and able to support themselves. 



This veaetable should be planted out in rows a 

 yard asunder, and tw6 feet apart in the rows, having 

 been previously pricked out from the seed bed, at 

 six inches for five or six weeks, to obtain strength 

 for final planting in June or July. 



Let boorcole, and all summer planted things, have 

 a good watering at the time, and again in a few days, 

 if the weather proves dry ; and before winter let 

 them be well earthed up to support the plants from 

 the wind and snow, that are apt to break them down, 

 or at least, to set them awry; which, when it hap- 



