Jan.J The Kitchen Garden. ig 



Towards the latter end of the month, if" the weather is 

 mild, and the plants ll:rong, they may be removed, obferv- 

 ing to plant them about two feet and a half afunder every 

 way. 



The fiigar loaf and early Yorkfliire cabbage, are proper 

 for this feafon ; but any of the larg'er forts may likewife be 

 planted at the fame time. 



Make good the plants in the former plantations, that 

 have been dellroyed by the feVerity of the weather and the 

 vermin. 



On the ground where cabbages are planted in the fpring, 

 there may, if you are fcarce of ground, be fown a thin 

 crop of round-leaved fpinach, between the rows ; which, 

 if fown now, will be fit to gather off in April and May, 



Tranfplant Cabhages^ l^c, for Seed. 



Tranfplant cabbages and favoys, &c. for feed ; this work 

 fliould be done generally in November or December ; but 

 where it was omitted in thefe months, it may fllU be 

 done : if the weather will permit, let it be done in the be- 

 ginning of the month. 



The method of preparing and planting them is this : 



For the purpofe of fiiving feed, let fomc of the largedand 

 befl grown cabbages, &c. be marked, and let thefe be taken 

 up in a mild and dry day, and dived them of the large outer 

 leaves ; and if they appear wet, place them with the heads 

 downward a day or two, to drain off any moifture before 

 planted, to prevent their rotting ; or, in default of full 

 cabbages, may ufe cabbage flalks, fui ni(hed with good 

 heads of ftrong fprouts, as they will anfwer the fame pur- 

 pofe in all reipe6ls, both in regard to the gootlnefs of the 

 feed and its produce. 



Let a dry piece of ground be chofen for planting them 

 in, not under trees, nor too near them, but where the fun 

 and air can freely come : and the readieft method is to plant 

 them in trenches, as you dig the ground ; and the plants 

 lliould be allowed three feet diflance each way. 



Dig the ground at leall a full fpade deep, and keep' the 

 trenches clear and wide. When you have advanced with 

 the digging about two feet from the end where you began, 

 then with the fpade cut the edge of the trench, on that fide 

 that is dug, even, and almpft perpendicularly downward, 

 and then fet the cabbages upright in the trench, clofe up 

 to the fide of the dug ground, and two or three feet afun- 

 der, with the bottom of their heads a little within the fur- 

 face 



