VEGETABLES 23 



St. John's Day — Good. 



Sutton's Imperial — Very good all round cabbage. 



Sugarloaf — One of the best for late sowing. 



Wenningstadt — Very large, produces firm hearts 

 of a conical shape and superior quality. 



Pomeranian — Tall and tender, producing very 

 solid tapering heads. 



Hippocrates used cabbage very much for 

 medicinal purposes. When any of his patients was 

 seized with colic he always prescribed a dish of boiled 

 cabbage with salt. Erasistratus considered it as a 

 sovereign remedy for paralysis, and Pythagoras wrote 

 books on the marvellous virtues of the cabbage. 



Coleworts. — Coleworts are young cabbages 

 gathered before they form a head, and are generally 

 sown in June or July for autumn, winter, or early 

 spring. 



As they are always eaten young it is not neces- 

 sary to plant them more than ten inches apart 

 every way ; and when they are gathered the stalks 

 are pulled up and thrown away. In every respect 

 they should be treated the same as cabbages. 

 Rosette Colewort is one of the best varieties. 



Savoy Cabbage. — These are large cabbages 

 with wrinkled leaves, and should be sown at the 

 end of February, when the plants should be ready 

 to prick out in April and for planting out at the end 

 of May, and then another sowing in the middle of 

 March, pricked out in May, and planted in June ; 

 these are for autumn and early winter supplies ; for 

 the main crop they must be sown at the end of 

 April or early in May, and pricked and planted out 

 after similar intervals when required for winter and 

 spring use. 



