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CABBAGE. 



CHOU. Brassica olcracea^ etc. 



TARIET1ES. 



Early May. 

 Early Hop 3 

 Early Dwarf Dutch. 

 Early York. 

 Early Sugarloaf. 

 Early Emperor. 

 Early Wellington. 

 Early Heart-shaped. 

 Early London M arket 

 Early London Battersea. 



Late Battersea, or Drumhead. 

 Large Bergen, or American. 

 Late Flat Germm. 

 Large Green Glazed. 

 Large Late Drumhead. 

 Red Dutch, for Pickling. 

 Green Globe Savoy. 

 Large Cape Savoy. 

 Green Curled Savoy. 

 Turnip-rooted, in varieties. 



The .early sorts of Spring Cabbage may be raised in 

 various ways. Some sow the seeds between the tenth and 

 twenty-fourth of September, pricked out and managed the 

 same as Cauliflower plants, only that they are more hardy, 

 and may sometimes be kept through the winter, without 

 sashes. 



Some prefer sowing the seed in a cold-bed, covered by a 

 garden frame, with sashes. If this frame be placed on a 

 warm border, and kept free from frost, and the seed of the 

 early kinds sown the latter end of January, or early in 

 February, these plants will be better than those raised in the 

 fall; as they will not be so liable to run to seed, and they 

 will be more hardy, and full as early as those raised in hot- 

 beds in the spring. 



Or, if a heap of fresh horse manure be deposited on the 

 ground intended for the raising of early plants before the 

 frost sets in the same may be removed some mild day in 

 January or February, and temporary frames made by 

 driving stakes in the ground, and nailing planks or slabs 

 thereto. The ground being then dug, the seed sown, ad 

 covered up with sashes, will soon produce plants in perfec- 

 tion. The frames should be well protected, by placing the 

 manure around them, and covering the tops with mats, boards, 

 &.c. as directed for hot-beds in the calendar for February and 

 March. 



It is customary with Gardeners about New-York, to 

 raise their plants in hot-beds. In order to do this, the beds 



