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later planting, Mr. Tucker purpofely vary- 

 ing the feafon, that they might not all 

 come to perfection at once. And in this, 

 I apprehend, he judged right ; for I have 

 no conception that cabbages, which at the 

 beginning of Augujl weigh above even 6 lb. 

 can poflibly laft longer than October; 

 whereas thofe which are now much lefs, 

 may abide the winter much better ; how- 

 ever this is merely my own conjecture. 



The whole field is planted in rows four 

 feet afunder, and the plants at two feet and 

 two feet fix inches from each other ; con- 

 fequently an acre holds about 5000 cab- 

 bages. But here I muft be allowed to dif- 

 fer in opinion from the practice of this 

 very ingenious cultivator ; the plants are 

 now fo fpread, as quite to fhut out a horfe 

 from the intervals, and in the rows they 

 perfectly crowd one another, which in the 

 nature of things cannot permit (ingle cab- 

 bages to grow to fo great a weight, as if 

 they enjoyed the full fpace and air that 

 nature demands. Perhaps it may be faid, 

 that the greater number of cabbages gained 

 in this way, will more than make up for 

 fuch a lofs : It may poflibly be fo, but ex- 

 periment can alone decide it. Was I to 

 plant cabbages on ground as rich as Mr. 

 Tucker's, I ihould place the rows fix feet 

 afunder, and give each plant three feet in 

 the rows ; and from the furprifmg fize of 

 I 4 that 



