lyU AMEPJCAX HOME GARDEN. 



mans are so fond, is made by halving fine solid cabbage-heads 

 lengthirise, cutting out the stem, and shredding them as for 

 " cole-slaw," but perhaps still finer. This is usually done by 

 means of a gang of from three to six knives aiTanged obliquely 

 across a wooden frame, the best and fr-eest cutters being grooved 

 lengthwise like scythe-blades. "Within this frame a small 

 open Ijox for the half caljbage-head runs, the operator pressing 

 the cabbage upon the knives as he drives the box. The shred- 

 ded cabbage is then packed as closely as possible, by the aid of 

 a wooden " poimder," into a keg or bai'rel, with a moderate salt- 

 ing, and spicing with caraway or other aromatic seeds, &c. 

 When finished, a cloth is laid over it, and the head or other 

 cover laid upon it, with a weight, until it has fermented and 

 aU impm-ities are cleared oiF. It is then ready for use, and 

 may be headed up for winter, keeping it carefuUj' covered with 

 its brine, as in preserving pickles or butter, kc. 



CARDOOJv'. 



French, Cardan. — German, Kardoner. — Spanish, Cardon. 



If raised at all, sow in a single row where they may stand to 

 matvu-e, having plenty of room, at least two feet on each side, 

 and when w-ell up, thin the plants to fifteen inches apart. 



Time : jMarch or April. 



The cardoon resembles the ai'tichoke (see p. Hi), but the 

 heads are not used, the scales being floshless and bitter. When 

 the plants are full grown, before the flower-stem starts, the 

 leaves, being gathered upright and bound together, are earthed 

 up, like celery, to blanch, and when this is efiected, the leaf- 

 stems ai-e used by those who fimcy them in stews, &c. 



CARROT. 



French, Ovrrort^.—Gcrman, .l/o/ire.— Spanish, Zanahoria. 



EARLY HORN. LOXG ORAXGE. ALTRIXGHA.M. LONG PUE- 

 PLE, OR BLOOD. LOXG WHITE, c^C. 



Br.IEF DIRECTIONS. 



Sow in shallow chills fifteen inches apart ; cover lightly, and 



