COLEWORT, OR C0LLARD8. 57 



Frencli Turnip. In France, as well as in Germany, few 

 great dinners are seiTed up without it, in some shape or 

 other. 



COLEWORT, OR COLLARDS. 

 Chou vert. Brassica oleracea. 



This is a species of Cabbage which is eaten when young; 

 it so nearly resembles the early kinds of Cabbage, that it is 

 seldom cultivated. The English frequently sow the seed of 

 early heading kinds of Cabbage as a substitute, which being 

 done at different seasons, enables them to procure a supply 

 of fresh gi'eens from their gardens every day in the year. 

 This is not attainable here, on account of the extremes of 

 heat and cold ; but Collards would prove very valuable and 

 acceptable, in the event of an unfavourable season for fall 

 Cabbage. 



If the seed of Early York, Early Dutch, or other early 

 kinds of Cabbage, be sown in June, July, and August, and 

 transplanted as they become fit, into good gi'ound, from fif- 

 teen to eighteen inches apart, the first planting would make 

 good heads for fall use ; and the plants of late sowings, if 

 transplanted in September and October, in a warm border, 

 would produce tender, sweet-eating greens for use in the 

 early part of winter ; the latter plantings may be placed ten 

 or twelve inches from plant to plant. These could be easily 

 sheltered on the approach of severe weather, without being 

 laken up. The cultivation of Collards is well adapted to our 

 Southern States, as there they need no protection in winter 



