484 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. . [AUG. 



AUGUST. 

 WORK TO BE DONE IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



SAVOYS, COLEWORTS, AND BORECOLE. 



In the first week of this month finish planting your savoys ; they 

 will not, at this season, require a greater distance than two feet every 

 way. This plantation will be tolerably well cabbaged in November, 

 and may, with a little care, be preserved in fine condition all winter. 



The early York, Battersea, and sugar-loaf plants, arising from seed 

 sown last month, should now be planted out for autumn coleworts ; 

 they will yet form nice heads ; and some more of the same kinds 

 should be sown in the first week of this month, from which you will 

 have delicious hearts late in October, &c. In the southern States, 

 where the plants can stand out all winter, this will be a very useful 

 practice. Plant also your last crop of borecole. 



SPINAGE. 



Now prepare some ground and sow a good crop of spinage ; that 

 sown in the first week of the month will be fit for use in September, 

 and what you sow in the second will be in fine condition in October. 



In the last week of the month, you should sow a principal crop of 

 the prickly seeded spinage for early spring use ; this ought to be sown 

 on dry gravelly ground, for on such it will stand the winter much 

 better than on any other. A second sowing will, however, be neces- 

 sary for the same purpose in the first week of September, as it will 

 always be proper to have a double chance. With either or both of 

 these sowings, you may throw in a thin scattering of brown Dutch 

 or cabbage lettuce, and if the winter is any way mild, you will have 

 good early plants in spring, which you are then to take up and trans- 

 plant into beds for heading. 



SOWING RADISHES. 



In the early part of this month you should sow a sufficient supply 

 of short-top and salmon radishes ; also, some of the white Naples and 

 turnip-rooted kinds; these will be fit for the table in September. 

 About the middle of the month, you ought to sow a second crop to 

 come into use in October. 



A full crop of the black and white Spanish or winter radishes 

 may be sown at either, or both of the above periods, for fall and win- 

 ter use. 



