AUG.] 451 



AUGUST. 



WORK TO BE DONE IN THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. 



Savoy s y Coletvorts, 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 con- 

 dition all winter. 



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

 seed sown last month, should now be planted out for autumn cole- 

 worts, 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, Sec. 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. 



Spinach. 



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

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

 ber, 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 Spinach, 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 necessary, for the same purpose in the first week of Septem- 

 ber ; 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 transplant into beds for heading. 



Sowing Radishes. 



In the early part of this month, you should sow a sufficient sup- 

 ply, of short-top and salmon radishes, also, some of the white Na- 

 ples and turnep-rooted kinds : these will be fit for the table in Sep- 

 tember. About the middle of the month, you ought to sow a se- 

 cond 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 

 winter use. 



