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he raifed in autumn, and occafionally in fpiin^ and fiiinmtr, 

 for fummer and autumn colewoits, fiich as iome of more 

 early aiid clofc-growing', quick-litartinjj cahhage kinds, as 

 thelc, even in their young Hate, will gcr.indly have fuKill 

 cluling hearts ; and what arc not ufed in their young cole- 

 wort growth may be j)ermitlt:d to llnnd to grow to proper 

 full headed cabbages. For tliis purpofe, any of the Irnaller 

 or modera.te lized forts of white or green heading cabbages 

 may be cultivated, though it is mod advifeable, as juft ob- 

 ferved, to (is upon fume of the early or fummer kinds, as 

 being of a more clofc hearting growth, more tender, and 

 fweetcr than the larger iorts. The moll eligible of thefe ?.ro 

 the fugar-!oaf, Yorklhire, and Batttrfca cabbages, though 

 die fugar-loaf kind generally furpalTcs all the other forts for 

 eating. 



Th« proper time for fowlng the feed in this view is any 

 time in July, for the autumn and winter crop ; but to have 

 them continue, without running for fpring drawing, fome 

 fiiould alfo be fown the beginning of Augull, as in cab- 

 bages, as by this means the plants will continue in a cole- 

 wort ftate all the fpring months till May, when fueli as re- 

 ir.ain advance in growth to heading cabbages, either to cut 

 young in fmall hearts, or to ftaiTd and form ])roper cabbaged 

 Leads as may be required. But where a fucceffion of cole- 

 worts is wanted all lumnicr and autumn, it is proper to low 

 foinc of the inne forts alfo in the fpring, in February, March, 

 or beginning of April, and in June and July to plant out at 

 different times, and thus provide coleworts and fmall hearted 

 young cabbages throughout the fummer months. 



In raifing thefe different crops of coleworts, fome feed for 

 each (liould be fo-.vn in an open fituation, moderately thick, 

 raking it in evenly ; and vi'hen the leaves of the plants are 

 two or three inches broad, the plants (hould be fet out 

 where they are to ftand, in rows a foot afunder, and half 

 that ditlance in the rows : all the culture they afterwards 

 require is, to have the ground occafionally hoed to deflroy 

 the weeds, and loofen it about the plant?. When the plants 

 are as large as a full grown cofs lettuce, they are of proper 

 fize to he drawn as coleworts. 



In drawing them for ufe, efpecially the fpring crops, where 

 there is a large quantity, every other row may be taken, 

 permitting the intermediiite ones to ftand to cabbage, ciitting 

 for ufe alfo every other plant in the remaining rows, accord- 

 ing as they form little hearts, leaving the others to cabbage 

 more perfcflly. 



Milliod of culture In the Savoy hhidt. 



The Savoy is a variety of the cabbage, which, with care, 

 always retams its difference from feed ; it admits of fome 

 varieties, all of which have crumply curled leaves, and head 

 or cabbage to a large ^v/.e. The principal varieties are the 

 common green Savoy, the large green Dutch Savoy, the 

 yellow Savoy, the round headed Savoy, the oval headed 

 Savoy, and the fugar loaf Savoy, which are all excellent for 

 sujtumn and winter ufe. 



They are propagated by feeds fown at two or three dif- 

 ferent times, iiom the beginning of February tdl the middle 

 of April ; and for the very early autumn crop, a fowing may 

 be made in AuguO'. Each fowing flionld be made in an 

 open fituation, and the feed raked well in. When the plants 

 have leaves an inch or two broad, and ftand thick in the feed 

 bed, it is proper to prick out a quantity of them on fepnrate 

 beds three or four inches diflant, to acquire ftrcngth againfl 

 the time of planting them out finally. Some of the autumn 

 ratfed plants may be fet out in Otlober or the feillowing 

 months,if the weather be open, and wholly in the beginning of 

 fpring ; and thofe raifed from eSrly fpring fowings fhould 

 be planted out finally as foon a the planls are of proper 



growths. T!ic general crojis of the later fpriMg.rtufrd plant* 

 may be planted out occafionally, as ground is cleared, from' 

 May till Augull ; thofc planted out early being fet two feet 

 and a half di.lanl every way, and the next crop about tv\'> 

 feet J but the latter jihntings need not be planted at more 

 than a foot and a liaU dillant. 



ft i< fomctimcs cuRomary to plant nut the fummer crop? 

 of thefe |)lants between rows of forward beans, peas, kidniy- 

 beans, tauiiflowcrj, early cabbage, and other plants, that 

 (land dillant in rows and arc foon to come off tlie gnwiid ; 

 as by tills prad'icc fome ground is gained; but the plants 

 are generally li.ietl when they are planted out in a clear open 

 foot of ground, previoufly well dug over for their reception. 

 In perfiiraiing the fummer plantings it is of much advan- 

 tage to cliuf? moill weather for the work, otherwife watci- 

 ing Vnull be )>rad^fcd fcveral times till the plants have 

 llricken frefh root. , 



All the culture that is afterwards required is, to hoc ihcin 

 well, to dellroy the weeds, and to drasv a little caith up ta 

 their llems occafionally. 



McJ.od 'f (ulliire in the borecole HiiJ. 



In the borecole varieties of cabbage, the plants are open, 

 never clofing to form a head or cabbage. They poflefs a 

 peculiar degree of hardinefs, fo as alinofl to bid defiance tn 

 the feverclt winter. The forts moHly cultivated arc th;r 

 green curled borecole, the red curled borecole, the thick, 

 leaved curled borecole, and the finely fringed borecole. 

 They mofUy rife witli a thick tlalk a yard or more in height, 

 furmounted by a large head of thick lt;res ; in fome fpread- 

 ing horizontally every way, being fin.ly fringed and curled ; 

 but there are others that grow more contraftcelly. In ail 

 the forts the flems produce numerous fine fprouts early in 

 fpring, clofely furrnunding them for fome length, and which, 

 as well as the principal or main top heads, boil e>cceedinq;lv 

 green and tender. I'he main i-.eads come in for ufe in au- 

 tumn and winter, and the fprouts early in the fpring. 



They are railed by fowing feed annually from March to 

 the middle of April, for the main crops ; and a fmaller por- 

 tion, in the beginning of May, for a fucceffion. Thev 

 fhould all be fown in open fituatious, not too thick, and 

 the feed raked in. A quantity of the plants, when the 

 leaves are an inch or two broad, fliould be pricked out on 

 beds four or five inches afunder, to remain five or fix week-, 

 fo as to obtain a proper degree of llrength for the late crops to 

 be felefted out finally in June and July for the main crops, 

 in rows two or three feet and a half afunder ; and for the late 

 crops, early in Augnll, placing thefe in rows two feet apart 

 and eighteen incht s in the rows. Moifl weather (hould, if 

 poffible, be cliofeu for this purpofe. 



A fmall crop may alfo be fown in autumn, or about thp 

 beginning of Auguft, to ftand the winter in young growth, 

 and be planted out early in the fpring, in order to be of the 

 largcft full fi/e in the following autumn. 



For the field culture of thefe plants, and their application 

 as the food of cattle, Ihcep, &c. fee Borecole. 



The Siberian borecole, or Scotch cole, is a fort, fe>me of 

 which grow with very tall ftems and large open heads ; 

 others more rcbull, with (horter flems and larger heads of 

 broad curly leaves ; in fome forts, fpreadiug ; in othei =, 

 ftanding ercft. Thefe forts are not fogenei-ally elleantd a? 

 the common borecoles to cultivate in the gr.rden in any con- 

 fidcraWe crops ; they, however, boil tolerably tender and 

 good in the winter, and the (Urns furnifli young fprouts 

 after the main tops are gatlicred ; fo th::t I'ey might be 

 cultivated for winter and fpring ufe. They alfo anf\ur well 

 in the field. See Borecole. 



'I'htre are fome perennial varieties of the borecole kind, 

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