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12. CABBAGES. 



The Cabbage is the most ancient of our esculent 

 vegetables : the tribe includes an extensive assortment 

 of varieties and subvarieties, all probably proceeding 

 from one common origin. The common Cabbage pro- 

 duces firm heads, green, greenish yellow, or red : they 

 are all white within, except the last, which ought to be 

 of bright deep red, very firm and compact. 



The following are the principal varieties cultivated 

 in our gardens : 



1. Early Battersea. 8. Imperial. 



2. Early Cornish. 9. Large Penton. 

 Paignton. 10. Large York. 

 Penton. 11. Late Battersea. 



3. Early Dutch. 12. Red' Dutch. 



4. Early Dwarf. 13. Scotch. 



5. Early York. Drumhead. 



6. East Ham. 14-. Sugar-loaf. 



7. Emperor. 15. Vanack. 



The Cabbage being a biennial plant, the chief or early 

 summer crop is to be sown in the preceding autumn, 

 from the 12th to the 20th of August ; but the latter 

 summer and autumn crops, to come in from July to the 

 end of the year, will require to be sown in the spring, 

 from the beginning of April till the end of May. The 

 Red Cabbage, if wanted for pickling early in the 

 autumn, should be sown in August ; but for the winter 

 and spring use, those sown in April will resist the frost 

 much better, and be of a better quality than those sown 

 in the autumn. 



The Vanack Cabbage is scarcely to be found in the 

 seedsmen's lists, but is highly deserving of notice. It 

 has been cultivated in the garden of the Earl of Egre- 

 mont, at. Petworth, so long since as the year 17?6. 

 Seeds of it have been presented to the Horticultural 

 Society of London by Mr. Torbron, gardener to the 



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