OF ESCULFNTS, SECT. xv, 



towards a warm wall, lest it come not in at the time. 

 Brocoli requires a rich and dry soil ; yet watering, 

 in a dry time, is necessary to help their heads to 

 swell, and forward them. Stir the ground about the 

 plants occasionally, and keep them well earthed up. 

 The best brocoli seed comes immediately from Italy, 

 whence we first had it ; but it degenerates. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS are winter greens, growing 

 much like boorcole, and by some preferred as more 

 delicate eating ; but they are not so hardy or pro- 

 ductive. Their culture is the same as boorcole, 

 only they may be planted out at rather less distance. 



CABBAGE, there is a considerable variety of, as 

 to flavour, size, time of coming in, and hardiness. 

 Some a*e for the use of the table, and others for 

 cattle, though the latter are very sweet before they 

 get solid. The early dwarf, or Russian, and early 

 Yorkshire, are the chief sorts for spring use, and 

 the early and late sugarloqf&s excellent for summer 

 and autumn. 



In April, the for ward est cabbages may be tied 

 up, (as lettuces are) to assist them to head and 

 whiten ; a practice seldom seen done, but which 

 will certainly be helpful : Use new bass made wet. 



Sow for early spring cabbages about Mid- August ; 

 soon after they are up, thin them : in a month, 

 draw the strongest, and prick them out four or five 

 inches apart, where having grown about the same 

 time, they will be fit to plant for spring use ; or they 

 may be put out any time after, even in winter ; for 

 should frost come directly, it will hardly affect them 

 injuriously. Yet it is a good practice to let some 

 remain in the seedbed, at proper distances, where 

 being well earthed up, (or in severe weather covered 

 a little) will survive when those set out are cut off". 

 Plants that are thought too rampant towards winter, 



