124 THE CULINARY GARDEN. [OCT. 



August, under a wall or hedge, in light, rich earth. 

 Point up, and form a border for them, close under 

 the wall, &c. twenty inches or two feet broad, and 

 prick them in at three inches apart. Previously 

 beat the surface lightly with the back of the spade, 

 and do not plant them deep. If the weather, and 

 also the earth be dry, give a little water, but this 

 will not need to be repeated. 



Throughout the winter, let them be divested of 

 dead or decaying leaves, as they appear ; and clear 

 the ground among them from litter, which in wet 

 weather would tend to rot them. If the earth a- 

 mong them were covered half an inch with fine 

 sand, they would stand bad weather the better, as 

 it is generally just by the" surface they go off, and 

 not at the lower parts of the root. 



Of storing Cauliflower for winter use. 

 About the middle or end of the month, according 

 to the state of the weather, and state of their growth, 

 is the time to lift and store the cauliflowers planted 

 out in July, for a winter supply. Pick out all such 

 as are fair, close, and well shaped ; lift them care- 

 fully with the spade, and dress off the points of the 

 leaves, just over above the flower ; also reduce a 

 few of the outside leaves, so as to make them take 

 up little room. I used formerly to store cauliflower 

 for winter use in my peach or grape-houses, by 

 soughing them in the borders ; carefully defending 

 them from frost, by mats, &c. and from much wet, 

 by shutting the sashes in the time of heavy rains. 

 Whoever is provided with such a receptacle for them 



