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should not flower before frost sets in, take them care- 

 fully up, and plant them in a warm cellar; they will 

 ilower before spring. 



CABBAGE Choil, 



Sow your seed in September, (in frames,) March and 

 April, in the open air for early sorts, in May, for late. 

 For transplanting, if you can, choose warm showery 

 weather: and if the plants wilt down very much, water 

 them at evening, with rain water, or any other water 

 that has been kept through the day, in a tub, or bucket, 

 so as to be sufficiently warmed. And it may be well 

 to observe here, once for all, that in watering plants, 

 the water should never be poured down in a large 

 stream or flood about the roots, as this would serve to 

 wash away from them the surrounding earth and the 

 nourishment they need, but should be turned through 

 a sieve, or watering pot, sparingly at once, but repea- 

 ted several times, till the surrounding earth is suffi- 

 ciently moistened; — and this operation should be gene- 

 rally performed at evening, that the plants may have 

 the benefit of not having the water too soon evapora- 

 ted by the sun. 



The ground should be often stirred. It may be un- 

 necessary to mention, that with this, as with all other 

 vegetables, the best seed is obtained from the best 

 plants; they should therefore be selected; — and care 

 must be taken not to place them too near those of an 

 inferior variety, as the seed may thereby become adul- 

 terated. The seed will keep good six or eight years. 



N. B. When cabbages are inclined to go to seed 

 without heading, grasp the stalks and start the roots a 

 little by pulling up: this vrill cause them to produce 

 heads. 



Cow CABBAGE — Brassicu olcracea. — This plant is of 

 recent introduction into this country. It should be 

 cultivated in the same manner as the common cab- 

 bage. [For its valuable properties, see 1st vol. Far- 

 mers' Reporter.] 



