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ill the Rows two Feet four Inches 

 afunder : If the Scafon fliould prove 

 dry when they are tranlplanted out, 

 you muft water them every other 

 Evening until they have taken freth 

 Root ,• and afterwards, as the Plants 

 advance in Height, you fliould dra^Ar 

 the Earth about their Stems with 

 a Hoc, which will keep the Earth 

 inoifl: about their Re?ots> and great- 

 ly flrengthen the Plants: You muft 

 alfo obierve to keep them clear 

 from Weeds, which are apt to 

 <^raw the Plants up tall (if fulfer'd 

 to grow amongft them) and often 

 ipoil them, 



Thefe Cabbages will fo4"ne of 

 them- be fit for Ufe foon after Mi- 

 chaelmas, and will continue until 

 Jebmary, I'i they are not deftroyed 

 by bad Weather : To prevent which, 

 the Gardeners near London, pull up 

 their Cabbages in No'vember, and 

 trench their Ground up in Ridges, 

 laying their Cabbages againrt their 

 Ridges as clofe as polTibie on one 

 Side, burying their Stems in tlie 

 Ground : In- this maimer they let 

 them remain till after Chrijimas, 

 ^when they cut them for the Mar- 

 ket; and akho' the outer Part of 

 the Cabbage be decay'd, (as is often 

 the Cafe in very wet or hard Win- 

 ters) yet, if the Cabbages were large 

 and hard when laid, the Inlide will 

 remain found. 



The Kujfian Cab-bage was for- 

 merly in much greater Efteem than 

 at prcient, it being now only to 

 be found in' p^articular Gentlemens 

 Gardens, who cultivate it for their 

 ©wn Ufe, and is rarely ever brought 

 to the Market. This muft be fown 

 •in the Spring of the Year, and ma- 

 naged as thole before directed, with 

 this Difference only, that thele 

 inuft be fooner planted out for 

 good, and muft have an open clear 

 %^Q\ of Grou-ndj "s\nd require much 



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lefs Diftance every W^ay, for ft mT- 

 but a very fmall hard Cabbage,' 

 Thefe will be fit for Ufe in July 

 or Augujly but will not continue 

 long before they will break and 

 run up to Seed. The beft Method 

 to have thefe CaJ?bages good, is to- 

 procure frefli Seeds from abroad 

 every Year ; for 'tis apt to degene- 

 rate in England in a few Years. 



The early Batterfea and Sugar- 

 loaf Cabbages- are commonly fowa 

 tor Summer Ufe, and are what 

 the Gardeners about London com- 

 monly call Michaelmas Cabbages , 

 The Seaion for fowing. of thefe is 

 about the End of July, in an open 

 Spot ot Ground j and when the 

 Plants have got fix Leaves, you 

 muft prick them out into Beds at 

 about three Inches Diftance every 

 Way, that the Plants may grow 

 ftrong and fhort-fliank'd y and in- 

 the Beginning of Of^^^er you ftiould 

 plant them out for good : The 

 Diftance that thefe require, h three 

 Feet Row from Row, and two 

 Feet afunder in the Rows. The 

 Gardeners near London commonly 

 plant thefe Cabbages upon the fame 

 Spot of Ground where their Win- 

 ter Spinage is fown j fo tliat when 

 the Spinage is clear 'd oft- in the 

 Spring, the Ground will have a 

 Crop of Cabbages upon it; you 

 muft therefore clear oft' the Spinage 

 juft round each Plant early in the 

 Spring, that with a Hoe you may 

 draw the Earth up to the Stem ; 

 and when all your Spinage is clear'd 

 oft^, which is commonly in April, 

 you muft hoe down all the Weeds, 

 and draw up the Earth again about 

 your Cabbage-Fhnts. 



In May, it your Plants were of 

 the early Kind, they will turn ia- 

 their Leaves for Cabbaging } at 

 which time, the Gardeners near 

 Lovdony in order to obtain them a 



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