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may be pulled up, and planted in the same place 

 again, (November) and thus stand the frost better, 

 and not be so likely to run. 



Plant cabbages, if in a middling soil, two feet 

 asunder, allowing six inches more for a rich one : 

 There should, however, always be some dung dug 

 into the ground; which not only increases their 

 growth, but prepares the soil for future cropping. 

 If they are planted at half the above distances in 

 the rows, taking care to draw every other plant in 

 time for early greens (or colezvorts) it is a very good 

 method, as the ground is better occupied, and the 

 plants being so close protect one another. See 

 Coleworts. 



The 1 late cabbages, or those of summer and au- 

 tumn, should be sown early and late in the spring. 

 For early summer uses, sow after Mid-February on 

 a little heat, or under hand-glasses, on a warm 

 border ; the later crops in March, to the end of it ; 

 and for the latest at the end of April ; when the 

 small Russian sort will answer best, and be delicate 



greens. 



Sow red cabbage seed either about the middle of 

 August or beginning of March ; but as there is 

 much more bad seed than good of this vegetable, 

 be as careful of the sort as possible; i. e. such as 

 will be solid, and of a deep colour. 



CARROT, there is a little variety of, in colour,' 

 size, and time of coming in, though not much in 

 taste. We have orange, red, and yellow, but the 

 former .is generally preferred. The sort sown for 

 the Jirst crop, whether in cold ground, or on a hot-* 

 bed, is the early horn-carrot. Both this and the late 

 horn-carrot grow short, and are therefore proper for 

 heavy, or shallow soils, as the other sorts are for 

 light and deep ones. 



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