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looking leaves, and some oi the out side leaves 

 besides ; put the cabbages, head downwards, 

 upon the bed, with their roots sticking up ; and 

 cover them with straw so thick as for the straw to 

 come up nearly to the root of the cabbage. Do 

 not pack them quite close. It is better if they 

 do not touch each other much. Lay some bits of 

 wood, or brush- wood, to prevent the straw from 

 blowing off. If the frost catch you, before you 

 have got the cabbages up, cut them off close to 

 the ground, and let the stumps, instead of the 

 roots, stick up through the straw. Out of this 

 stack you will take your cabbages perfectly green 

 and. good in the spring, when the frost breaks up. ; 

 and to this stack you can, at all times in the win- 

 ter, go, with the greatest facility, and get your 

 cabbages for use, which you can to no other spe- 

 cies of conservatory that I ever saw or heard of. 

 The hollow part below the cabbages takes away 

 all wet that may come from occasional rains or 

 meltings of snow ; and the little ditches on the 

 sides oi the bed keep the bed itself free from 

 being soaked with wet. Even if deep snows come 

 and lie for months, as in Nova-Scotia, New 

 Brunswick and Canada, it is only removing the 

 snow a little ; and here are the cabbages always 

 fresh and good. Immense quantities, particu- 

 larly in woody countries, may be stacked and pre- 

 served in this way, at a very trifling expense. In 

 fields the side trenches would be made with the 

 plough ; poles, in such a case, are of all sizes, 

 always at hand ; and, small brush wood might do 

 very well instead of straw, ./Sr-boughs, laurel- 

 boughs, or m/ar-boughs, would certainly do bet- 

 ter than straw ; and where is the spot in America, 

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