58 KirCIIEX-GARDENING. 



iiig kinds of Cabbage as a substitute, which being done at dif- 

 ferent seasons, enables them to procure a supply of fresh greens 

 from their gardens every day in the year. This is not attain- 

 able here, on account of the extremes of heat and cold; but 

 Collards would prove very vahiable and acceptable in the event 

 of an unfavorable season for fall cabbage. 



If the seed of Eai'ly York, Early Dutch, or other early kinds 

 of Cabbage be so%vn in June, July, and August, and transplanted, 

 as they become fit, into good ground fi'om fifteen to eighteen 

 inches apart, the first planting would make good heads for fall 

 use ; and the plants of late sowings, if transplanted in Septem- 

 ber and October, in a warm border, would produce tender, 

 sweet-eating greens for use in the early part of winter ; the lat- 

 ter plantings may be placed ten or twelve inches from plant to 

 plant. These could be easily sheltered on the approach of 

 severe weather, without being taken up. The cultivation of 

 Collards is well adapted to our Southern States, as there they 

 need no protection in winter. 



CARDOONS. 

 Cardon. Cynara cardunculus. 



The Cardoon Artichoke, a native of Candia, is much culti- 

 vated in Europe for culinary purposes, such as for salads, soups, 

 stews. The stems of the leaves being thick and crisp, are the 

 eatable parts, after being blanched. They are in perfection in 

 autumn and winter. 



The seed may be sown in a bed of rich earth in the month 

 of April; and one ounce will produce about six hundred 

 plants. When the plants are up strong, they should be thin- 

 ned so as to leave them four or five inches apart. They may 

 be transplanted in June, at the distance of four feet from each 

 other every way. Observe, before planting, to dress their 

 tops and roots the same as Celery. As they advance in 



