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otherwise they will draw up weakly, and be good for nothing ; but 

 at the same time, do not let them be chilled, nor their vegetation 

 checked, by exposing them too much in cold weather, or neglecting 

 to cover them carefully at night ; expose them fully to the air 

 every mild and warm day, but not when the wind is sharp or cutting, 

 and raise the glasses behind in more unfavourable weather. 



On the judicious treatment given to these plants, during this 

 month, depends, in a great measure, their future success; therefore, 

 due and constant attention should be paid to them, agreeably to the 

 rules already laid down. 



As the beginning, or early part of next month, will be the principal 

 period, for planting out cauliflowers, in the middle and eastern 

 states ; I am induced to defer the instructions for performing that 

 part of the business till April ; observing however, that in every part 

 of the Union, it should be done as early in spring, as the ground 

 gets warm, and into a good state for vegetation, not before ; for, 

 when that is not the case, the plants very frequently get chilled and 

 stunted by the coldness of the earth and air, and seldom afterwards 

 produce good heads. 



You may sow some cauliflower seed on a warm border, towards 

 the latter end of the month, to produce their flowers or heads in 

 October, Sec. 



Cabbage Plants. 



During the early part of this month, the cabbage plants which are 

 in a considerable state of forwardness, must be well inured to the 

 open air, the better to prepare them for planting out as soon, after 

 the middle of the month, as the weather will permit. Those pro- 

 duced from later sowings in hot-beds, will, to do them justice, require 

 the same management, as directed for cauliflower plants. 



Planting and sowing Cabbages. 



As early in this month, as you find the weather sufficiently 

 favourable, which in the middle states is generally so, about the 

 fifteenth or twentieth, transplant cabbage plants of all kinds, par- 

 ticularly the early sorts, where they are to remain for heading ; this, 

 in warm situations and dry ground, may be done at an earlier period, 

 according to circumstances. 



Let them be planted in good ground enriched with dung, at two 

 feet and a half distance for the early york, sugar-loaf, and other 

 early kinds ; but the large late cabbage plants should be set a 

 yard asunder. 



The above distances are to be understood of such plants, as are to 

 rsmiin to grow to their full size ; but such of the forward kinds, as are 

 to be cut while young, may be planted closer : eighteen inches to 

 two feet will be sufficient. 



Plant out also a general crop of red cabbage plants, to head in 

 August, Sec. and allow them three feet very way, plant from plant. 



Sow seeds of every kind of cabbage, which you wish to cultivate 5 

 these may be sown in the open ground about the middle? or as early 



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