308 THE KITCHEN-GARDEK. \.APRIL. 



Cabbages. 



As early in this month as possible, plant out your general crops 

 of cabbage plants, observing to set all the early heading kinds, at 

 the distance of two feet and a half every way, and all the late sorts, 

 at that of three feet. 



As to soil and preparation, the nearer you approach in both, to 

 that directed for cauliflowers, the larger cabbages you will have ; 

 but where they are desired very early, you must adapt the soil and 

 situation to that purpose. 



Some of the cabbage and savoy plants, which were sown in March, 

 for a succession of young summer and autumn cabbages, and a 

 forward autumn crop of savoys, should be thinned out and pricked 

 into nursery-beds, to get strength before they are planted out for 

 good. 



Let this be done when the plants have leaves one or two inches 

 broad : prepare beds of good earth about three feet and a half wide, 

 in an open situation, and let the largest plants be drawn out regu- 

 larly from the seed-bed, and planted in those prepared for them, at 

 four or five inches distance every way. Water them immediately, 

 and repeat it occasionally, in dry weather. 



The smaller plants which are left in the seed-beds, should be 

 cleared from weeds : give them a good watering, to settle the earth 

 about their roots, loosened in drawing out the others ; they will 

 then grow strong, and in two or three weeks, be in fine order for 

 transplantation. 



Sowing Cabbage Seeds. 



Sow now a general assortment of cabbage seeds, such as early- 

 York, early sugar-loaf, and early Battersea, to succeed those sown 

 in March, and large late Battersea, large late sugar-loaf, flat Dutch, 

 drum-head, large English, large Scotch, flat-sided, and Savoys, for 

 autumn and winter use. Sow also, the seed of the red pickling 

 cabbage, to succeed those sown in the former months. The earlier 

 you sow all these kinds, the larger and better cabbages will you 

 have. 



Sow these seeds tolerably thin, in open beds or borders, and keep 

 them free from weeds, till fit for planting out ; or if they are trans- 

 planted into other beds, when about four inches high, it will greatly 

 strengthen them, and render them in a much better condition for 

 final transplanting. 



Solving Borecole^ or Fringed Cabbage. 



The varieties of this are : 1, Green curled. 2. Red curled. 3. 

 Thick-leaved curled. 4. Finely fringed. 5. Siberian, or Scotch 

 Kale. 



For the garden, these may be treated in every respect as winter 

 cabbages ; they are extremely hardy, and never so delicious, as 

 When rendered tender by smart frosts j they are very valuable 



