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bulb or protuberance, on the stems above ground,, immedi- 

 ately under the leaves. It is eatable when young, or about 

 the size of a garden turnip. 



The seed may be sown in April or May, and the plants 

 afterwards treated the same as Cabbage, only that in earth- 

 ing up the plants, you must be careful not to cover the 

 globular part. 



They are much more hardy than Turnips. In England 

 the bulbs often grow to upwards of twenty inches in circum- 

 ference, and weigh from ten to twelve pounds. They are 

 cultivated for the feeding of cows and sheep, as well as for 

 table use ; in either case, they treat them as they do cabba- 

 ges, or sow them like Turnips, and afterwards hoe them out 

 to proper distances. 



The Brassica Napus, or Turnip-rooted Cabbage, has an 

 oblong thick root in the form of a Winter Radish ; it is ex- 

 tremely hardy, and will survive very hard frosts ; the seeds 

 should be sown in rich ground, and treated in every respect 

 as Turnips, observing to thin the plants with a hoe to the 

 distance of sixteen inches apart. Their roots will be much 

 larger and better when treated in this way, than if trans- 

 planted. 



The Brassica Napus, variety esculenta, is sometimes cul- 

 tivated as a salad herb. It is held in great esteem by the 

 French as a culinary vegetable, and is called the Navet, or 

 French Turnip. In France, as well as in Germany, few 

 great dinners are served up without it, in one shape or other. 



COLEWORT, OR COLLARDS. 

 CHOU VERT. Brassica oleracea. 



This is a species of Cabbage which is eaten when young; 

 it so nearly resembles the early kinds of Cabbage, that it is 

 seldom cultivated. The English frequently sow [the seed 

 of early heading kinds of Cabbage, as a substitute, which 

 being done at different seasons, enables them to procure a 

 supply of fresh greens from their gardens every day in the 



