April.] THE KITCHEN GARDEN. ;}j~ 



ward autumn crop of savoys, should be thinned out and pricked 

 into nursery-beds, to get strength before they are planted out for 

 good. 



Let this be done when the plants have leaves one or two inches 

 broad; prepare beds of good earth about three feet and a half wide, 

 in an open situation, and let the largest plants be drawn out regu- 

 larly from the seed-bed, and planted in those prepared for them, at 

 four or five inches distance every way. Water them immediately, 

 and repeat it occasionally in dry weather. 



The smaller plants which are left in the seed-beds, should be 

 cleared from weeds; give them a good watering to settle the earth 

 about their roots, loosened in drawing out the others; they will 

 then grow strong, and in two or three weeks be in fine order for 

 transplantation. 



Solving Cabbage Seeds. 



Sow now a general assortment of cabbage seeds, such as early 

 York, early sugar-loaf, and early Battersea, to succeed those sown 

 in March, and large late Battersea, large late sugar-loaf, flat Dutch, 

 drum head, large English, large Scotch, flat-sided, and Savoys, for 

 autumn and winter use. Sow also the seed of the red pickling 

 cabbage, to succeed those sown in the former months. The earlier 

 you sow all these kinds, the larger and better cabbages will you 

 have. 



Sow these seeds tolerably thin, in open beds or borders, and keep 

 them free from weeds, till tit for planting out; or if they are trans- 

 planted into other beds, when about four inches high, it will greatly 

 strengthen them, and render them in a much better condition for 

 final transplanting. 



Sowing Borecole, or Fringed Cabbage. 



The varieties of this are — 1. Green curled. 2. Red curled. 

 3. Thick-leaved curled. 4. Finely fringed. 5. Siberian, or Scotch 

 Kale. 



For the garden these may be treated in every respect as winter 

 cabbages; they are extremely hardy, and never so delicious as 

 when rendered tender by smart frosts; they are very valuable 

 plants to cultivate, particularly in the more southerly states, as they 

 will there be in the greatest perfection during the winter months; 

 they will also, if planted in a gravelly soil and in a sheltered warm 

 situation, bear the winters of the middle states, and may be kept in 

 great perfection in the eastern states if managed as directed in page 

 191, which see. The deliciousness of their sprouts in spring, sur- 

 passes every thing of the kind, which they produce in great abun- 

 dance. The seeds of either sort may be sown any timethis month, 

 and treated in every particular as directed for cabbages. 



The green and red borecole, is also a very useful green food for 

 sheep; because, it is not only hardy, but if sown in time, will grow 

 three or four feet high, and may in deep snows be got at by these 

 animals who frequently suffer much for want of food in such cases. 



