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necessary, however, to make an exception with 

 regard to removing the roots and stems of the late 

 summer and autumn crop ; as, by depriving them of 

 their old and injured leaves and stirring the ground 

 between the rows, they may be allowed to stand till 

 the spring. Thus treated, the stalks in January 

 and February abound in fine cabbage sprouts, and, 

 after being boiled, will be found very tender and 

 not inferior to young cabbages. 



The original variety of cabbage, called colewort, 

 seems to be lost, and is now succeeded by what are 

 called cabbage coleworts, which at the present day 

 are nearly as valuable as an early crop of cabbages. 

 Many hundreds of acres are annually planted in 

 the vicinity of London, and the author has known 

 two crops cleared off from the same piece of ground, 

 soon after Christmas ; he therefore recommends the 

 adoption of it not only to the gentleman's gardener, 

 but to the market gardener and cottager. 



The seed for raising this crop should be sown 

 the last week in June and the middle of July, in 

 beds the same as for cabbage plants ; the forwardest 

 will be fit for transplanting in about six weeks, in 

 August, September, and October, and will amount 

 to a continued provision of autumn, winter, and 

 early spring coleworts. As it is intended to gather 

 them when young, they may be planted in open 

 compartments of ground, in rows twelve or fifteen 

 inches apart and eight or ten inches in the lines. 

 At the time of planting, if the weather is very dry 

 and warm, a watering would be of advantage. In 

 their subsequent growth, they require to be kept 

 clear from large weeds by occasional hoeing, though 



