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these will require an open situation ; they never thrive or head well 

 near trees, walls, or shade of any kind, and the richer your ground 

 the larger- sized heads will you have. You may plant some between 

 rows of forward kidney-beans and other low-growing crops, which 

 will occupy the ground when those are off. 



Let all be planted out, if possible, in moist or cloudy weather, and 

 immediately after give each a little water, unless the ground is 

 already sufficiently saturated. 



Sow now some early York, sugar-loaf, and other close quick-heart- 

 ing kinds for summer and autumn use; likewise savoys, large drum- 

 head, flat Dutch, and any other of the large late-heading sorts for 

 autumn and winter cabbages, and also some of the red-pickling cab- 

 bage. Sow these seeds as directed on page 331, and transplant 

 young advancing seedlings into beds as there directed, watering 

 them immediately, giving them shade for a few days if necessary. 



SOWING BORECOLE. 



You may now sow a principal crop of green and red-curled bore- 

 cole for autumn, winter, and spring use, for an account of which see 

 pages 200 and 331. 



By sowing the seed early you will have tall strong stems and large 

 bushy heads, sometimes growing to the height of four feet ; but the 

 'largest are always obtained from the spring sowings. However, it 

 is usual to continue sowing successive crops of them to the end of 

 July. 



The seed should be sown in beds of open ground tolerably thin 

 and covered lightly or raked in regularly. In dry weather it will be 

 of use to water the beds occasionally, both before and after the plants 

 are up. When about three inches high, it will be proper to thin the 

 seed-bed, and prick out a quantity therefrom at four inches' distance, 

 that the whole may obtain proper strength for final transplanting. 



Towards the end of the month those sown in April should be 

 planted out into beds of rich sandy soil in the manner directed for 

 cabbages, at three feet distance every way, and afterwards be kept 

 fr$e from weeds and the earth drawn to their stems as they advance 

 in growth. Those intended for winter use should never be planted 

 in a rich fat loam, as there they would become too succulent, and 

 consequently could not bear the frost as well as if growing on a gra- 

 velly soil. Such as are designed for autumn use may be planted in 

 any convenient open bed that is tolerably rich. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND JERUSALEM KALE. 



The Brussels sprouts and Jerusalem kale are both cultivated in 

 the same manner, at the same time, and for similar purposes, as the 

 borecole. They may be now sown and treated like the latter, with 

 this difference, that two feet, or rather two and a half, will be a suffi- 

 cient distance for the final transplanting of the Jerusalem kale, as it 

 never grows as tall as either of the other kinds. 



