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little fboner, tie in their Leaves 

 -.clofe with a flender Olier Twig to 

 blanch their Middle •■, by which 

 means they have them, at leaft, a 

 Fortnight fboner than they could 

 have in the common Way. 



The early Batterjeci-Cabbage be- 

 ing the fir ft, we fhould chufe, (if 

 f©r a Gentleman's Ufe) to plant the 

 fewer of them, and a greater 

 Quantity of the Ssigar-haf Kind, 

 which comes after them ; for the 

 Bdtterfed Kind will not fupply yoa 

 long, they generally cabbaging a- 

 pace when they begin, and as loon 

 grow hard and burft open : But 

 the Sugctr-lofif Kind is longer be- 

 fore it comes, and is as flow in its 

 cabbaging, and, being of a hollow 

 Kind, will continue good for a 

 long time : I have kiio\vn a large 

 ■Quarter of Ground which was 

 planted with this fort of Cabbage 

 for Market Ufe, which hath afford- 

 ed a Supply for near three Months 

 together. This, tho' of lingular 

 Service to a Gentleman's Garden^ 

 is not fo much for the Advantage 

 ■of the Market Gardener, who 

 loves to have kis Ground clear'd 

 fboner, that he may have another 

 Crop upon it, of Celery, E?ulive, 

 ,5cc. which is more to his Pur- 

 pofej for they paying large Rents 

 for their Land, are oblig'd to have 

 as many Crops in a Year from it. 

 as polfible. 



Altho' I before have advis'd the 

 planting out of your Cabbages for 

 good in October-, yet the Sugar- 

 loaf Kind may be planted out in 

 Tebruary, and will i^icceed as well 

 as if planted earlier, with this Dif- 

 ference only, that they will be later 

 before they cabbage. You fhould 

 alfo referve fome Plants of the Bat- 

 terfea Kind in fome well-flielter'd 

 Spot of Ground, to fupply your 

 ^lantatign, in cafe of a Defeat, 



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The Saroy Cabbages are propS' 

 gated for Winrer Ufe, as being ge- 

 nerally efteem'd the better whea 

 pinch'd by the Froftj tliele mult 

 be fbwn about the Beginning of 

 April, and treated after the man- 

 ner as was direftcd for the common 

 white Cabbage, with this Differ- 

 ence, that thefe may be 'planted at 

 a clofer Diftance than thofe-; two 

 Feet fquare will befuSicientj thefe 

 are ahvays much the better when 

 planted in an open Situation, which 

 is clear from Trees und Hedges ; 

 for in cloic Places they are very 

 fiibjedt to be eaten alniofi: up by 

 Caterpillars and other Vermin, efpe- 

 cially if the Autumn prove dry. 



The Boor-C^le may be alfo treated 

 in the fame manner, but need not 

 be planted above one Foot ftjuare; 

 Thefe are never eaten 'till the Froft 

 hath rcnderd them tender ; for 

 otherv/ifc they are tough and bitter. 



The Seeds of the Broccoli (of 

 u^hich there are feveral I-Cinds, viz,, 

 the Roman, Neapolitan, and black 

 Broccoli, with fome others, but the 

 Roman is chiefly preferr'd to them 

 all,) Ihould be lown about the Mid^- 

 dle or latter End of May, in a 

 m.oift Soil ; and when the Plants 

 are grown to have eight Leaves, 

 tranlplant them into Beds, (as was 

 directed for the common Cabbage) 

 and toward the Middle or latter 

 End of July they will be fit to 

 plant out for good, v/hich fliould 

 be into fome wcll-ihelter'd Spot of 

 Ground, but not under the Drip 

 of Trees : The Diftance thefe re-- 

 quire is two Foot and a half every 

 way. The Soil in which the/ 

 Ihould be planted ought to be ra- 

 ther light than heavy, fueh as are 

 the Kitchen-Gardens near London ." 

 If your Plants fucceed well (as 

 there will be little Reafon to doubt, 

 unlefs the V/i4>tcr praye extreme 

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