CULTURE OF SEA CALE. ' 157 



and prosperity of the kingdom, it will afford him the most 

 heartfelt pleasure. 



H. B. WAY. 



Account of the Culture of Sea-Cale, or Sea-Kale. 



The mode which I consider the best for the culture of sea. Cultivation of 

 cale is to draw lines in a very dry soil and dry situation^ 

 on ground with a southern aspect, about two feet one way by 

 about eighteen inches the other, and where the lines cross, to 

 put in three or four good perfect seeds in a square or triangle, 

 about three inches apnrt. This may be done any time in No- 

 vember or December in open weather; and it will require 

 no other care afterwards but keeping the ground clear from 

 weeds till fhe autumn of the following year, when all the plants 

 but one of the finest in each square may be taken up, which if 

 wanted will serve to form other beds set the same distance 

 apart. The ground in the intervals of the plants should be 

 dug in the spring and fall of the year, taking care not to in- 

 jure the plants. The leaves should be left on the plants till 

 they fall off naturally, which will not in general be sooner than 

 the latter end of November. In the autumn of the second year, 

 the same attention should be paid to the plants, and to remove 

 the dead leaves. 



In the third year, about the middle or latter end of Novem- Blanching 

 . ber, when the leaves had been cleared away, and the ground 

 dug, each plant should be covered over close with a tub, pan, a 

 heap of small stones„ coarse cinders, or coarse bark, raised 

 about ten or twelve inches over the crown of each plant, and 

 from about the latter end of February to the latter end of 

 March, the plants will be very fine and fit for use. I prefer 

 that which has been blanched with our round sea-gravel, about 

 the size of large peas or beans, to any other mode whatever. 

 The plants should be cut but once in a year, as cutting them 

 oftener weakens and lessens the size of the plants. If it is 

 not desired to have the plants large, tliey may be blanched and 



cut a year sooner. 



I have sent a specimen of the sandy soil in which it grows Sandy soil bert 

 naturally here, as I think thegenerahty of gardeners are too »of •^• 

 careful, and manure the giound too highly for it. In the 



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