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value, have great variations, it is here abfo- 

 lutely neceflary to draw all thefe fugitive 

 articles into one point of view -, to compare 

 the intelligence, and to draw the averages 

 of every circumftance, that the culture and 

 value of cabbages may be completely known. 

 I fhall make the extract in as few words as 

 poflible ; the article begins with 

 Mr. Middlemore, at Grantham. 



Sort. Batterfea, turnep, and Scotch. 

 Soil. A red fand. 



Time of fowing. Beginning of March. 

 Once pricked out, and planted at 

 Midfummer. 

 Rows. Four feet afunder, from one 

 foot to eighteen inches from plant to 

 plant. Six thoufand^r acre. 

 Culture. Watered in dry weather. 

 Duration. April. 



Product. Turnep cabbage $lb. or nine- 

 teen tons per acre ; Batterfea 1 1 lb. 

 or forty-two tons per acre ; Scotch 

 1 4 lb. or fifty -four tons. Ufed for 

 fatting oxen, and feeding fheep. 

 Expences. Pricking out and trans- 

 planting, i s. per thoufand. 

 Mr. Lyfter, at Bawtry. The Scotch fort. 

 Soil. A very light fand. 

 Rent, us. 



Time of fowing, &c. End of January,, 

 or beginning of February. Tranf- 

 plant the middle of June. 



Rows. 



