406 



CABBAGES. 



JULY. 



fe Turnips sooted about twenty-four hours after 

 they are up, will be entirely secured from the fly." 

 Practical Farmer, or Hertfordshire 

 1732, p. 86. 



COLE-SEED. 





This plant maybe sowed through all this month, 

 which is indeed the principal season for it. The 

 preparation of the land is exactly the same as for 

 turnips ; and it has equal success with turnips 

 when sown on pared and burnt land, which se- 

 cures a better crop generally than any other me- 

 thod of manuring. Two or three, and even four 

 quarts an acre of the seed are sown. It is not 

 common husbandry to give it any hoeing. Upon 

 peat soils pared and burnt, (as in the fens of Cam- 

 bridge and Lincoln), it is reckoned much superior 

 to turnips for feeding and fattening sheep ; and 

 usually sells, if a good plant, at 50s. an acre. 

 COLE-SEED WHERE TURNIPS FAIL. 



The first, and even second sowings of turnips, 

 may have failed by the end of July ; in this case, 

 some farmers prefer sowing cole-seed rather than 

 turnips a third time. 



CABBAGES. 



The crop planted in April or May must be 

 looked to this month. As they were both hand 

 and locd in June, perhaps they will not 



want any more culture till t ; but this de- 



pends on th> 11 : if the weeds grow, let them 



be killed ; for the best rule in this matter is, to hoe 



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