194 "The Gardener's New Director. 



CABBAGES. 



THE bell: early Cabbages are the lLzx\y Torkjhire, 

 the Batterfea, and Sugar-loaf; the{e fhould be 

 fown the end of July, upon an open fpot of ground ; 

 when- they have got fix leaves, they (liould be tranf- 

 planted into beds of the fame earth at four inches dif- 

 tance, that they may grow ftrong and fliocky ; and about 

 the end of Sept^'mber they may be planted out into a good 

 rich fpot of ground amongft your winter Spinage, which 

 when taken away in the fpring, you fliould draw 

 the earth up to the ftems of your Cabbages, whereby 

 they will be much ftrengthened, and in May they will 

 be turning in their leaves to cabbage ; then it will be 

 proper to tie fome of the mod forward with bafs ftrings 

 or fmall fallow twigs, to blanch their innermofl: leaves, 

 by which means they iv\\\ have Cabbages ten days foon- 

 er than if they were not fo ufed. The Batterfea and the 

 Sugar-loaf Cabbages are treated the fame way, and are 

 fcwn at the fame time; but as the Batterfea is apt to 

 fly up, I prefer the Sugar-loaf. After your early 

 Cabbages are gone, you may ridge your ground for Ce- 

 lery, Celeriac, Endive, ^V. There is a fort of Cab- 

 bage, called Mudi-Cabbage, v/hich is now negle61:ed, 

 and not inferted in our feedmens catalogues ; but for tafle 

 and flavour, no gentleman ftiould want them in bis gar- 

 den ; it is managed in the fame manner as the Alnwick 

 Cabbage, and is in ufe from the beginning of OHober 

 until Chrifnias; and as they are apt to fuffer in very fe- 

 vere winters, either houfe them, or, laying up your 

 ground in ridges-, puil them up by their roots, and lay 

 them floping on their fides, covering their ftems up to their 

 leaves and the Cabbages with fl:raw, which will preferve 

 them until February. The large Englif) Alnwick^ Red 

 Dutch, and large Scotch Cabbages may be fown in Au- 

 gufi, or the end of' February ; but in this country I pre- 

 fer autumnal fowing of Cabbages ; and when they have 

 fix leaves, plant them out into beds at Ave inches dif- 



tance. 



