428 THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. [JULY, 



Sjunach. 



In the last week of this month, a good crop of spinach may be 

 sown for autumn use ; it will not then, be so subject to run to seed 

 as in the former months. The round seeded kind, is always pre- 

 ferable, for summer and autumn service. 



Radishes. 



Radishes of every kind may be sown in the last week of this 

 month, with a good prospect of success, but particularly, the white 

 and black Spanish, or winter sorts ; of which, you ought to sow a 

 full crop for autumn use. 



Sow, likewise, some of the short -top, salmon, and turnep-rooted 

 radishes ; should the season prove any way moist, they will suc- 

 ceed tolerably well. Let all these kinds be now sown, on moist 

 loamy ground. 



Sow Cabbage Seed. 



Sow some of the early York, Battersea, and sugar-loaf kinds of 

 cabbage, for a supply of young greens during the autumn ; the 

 hearts of these are very delicious, when grown to a tolerable size, 

 and are, by many, very much admired j when used in that state, 

 they are called coleworts, having totally superseded the true cole- 

 wort, which was formerly cultivated for boiled sallads. Some savor 

 seed may, also, be sown at this time fora late winter crop. 



Artichokes. 



If you desire to have large artichokes, you must in the first week 

 of this month, if not clone in June, in order to encourage the main 

 head, cut off all the suckers or small heads which are produced from 

 the sides of the stems ; and these may now be dressed for the table. 



The maturity of a full grown artichoke, is apparent by the open- 

 ing of the scales ; and it should always be cut off, before the flower 

 appears in the centre. 



As soon as the head, or heads, are collected from any stem, let 

 it be immediately cut down close to the ground. This practice is 

 too often disregarded, but such neglect is utterly wrong ; for the 

 stems, if permitted to remain, would greatly impoverish the roots, 

 and injure them much more than is generally imagined. 



Where cardoons are in request, and that they were not planted 

 out last month, it should be done in the first week of this, as di- 

 rected in page 40 1 . 



Collecting Seeds. 



Collect all kinds of seeds that come to good maturity, cutting 

 off, or pulling up the stems with the seed thereon, as they ripen ; 

 find spread them in some airy place where they can receive no wet, 

 in order that the seeds may dry and harden gradually ; observing 



