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under covering of some sort out of doors ; for, the 

 root must be kept in the ground all winter. It is 

 possible, and, I think, likely, that seed from the 

 stump is just as good as any ; but as one single 

 -cabbage will give seed enough for any garden for 

 three, four, or five years, the little pains that the 

 preservation can require is not worth the smallest 

 risk. — As to the quantity of cabbages wanted for a 

 family, it m.ust depend on the size of the family and 

 on their taste. 



202. CALABASH.— An annual. Cultivated like 

 the cucumber^ which see. 



203. CALE.— This is of the cabbage kind. There 

 are several sorts of it: and, it is, in all respects, 

 propagated and cultivated like the Green Savoy, 

 which see under Cabbage. — The Cale does not 

 head, or have, but sends forth a loose, open top, 

 which in England, is used after the frost has pinched 

 it, and then it sends out side-shoots from its tall 

 stem, which it continues to do, if kept cropped, till 

 May. In mild winter climates it is very useful and 

 pleasant. It does not get rotted by the successive 

 freezings and thawings, as cabbages do. It is al- 

 ways green and fresh. Backward-planted savoys, 

 may, perhaps, be as good ; but the Cale is very 

 good too. It will, I dare say, stand throughout 

 some winters as far North as Philadelphia. It is 

 worth trying ; for greens are very pleasant in win- 

 ter. — The Curled Cale is the best. — Its seed is 

 saved like that of the cabbage. — There is a sort of 

 Cale called Boorcole, and a whole list of things of 

 somewhat the same kind, but to name them would 

 be of no use. 



204. CALE (Sea.) — This is a capital article. In- 

 ferior in point of quality to no vegetable but the 

 Asparagus, superior to that in the merit of earli' 



