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PRACTICE OF GARDEITING. 



exposed situation, aud at a tolerable distance from each 

 other ; they will be of little use to a cottager, but meet 

 with a ready sale in the market. They should be cut just 

 before or soon after the first autumn frosts, or a good deal 

 of each plant will be wasted by becoming rotten. 



2. — Savoys. 



This is a curly or puckered sort of Cabbage, of similar 

 qualities to the other sorts, and cultivated exactly in the 

 same manner, but only for a winter crop, which is very 

 profitable. 



The soil may be drier than for summer cabbages, though 

 it should be rich and well manured. The time of sowing 

 is from the end of March till the middle of April, or a 

 month later for young greens, planting them out late in 

 July till August. The dwarf green is the least, and the 

 large yellow the most hardy sort. Both are said to derive 

 much benefit from frost, which deprives them of that 

 strong rank flavour which they possess when they are not 

 subjected to it, and also renders them more tender. 



If, after the heads are cut in February or March, the 

 stumps are placed in trenches, as directed for cabbages, 

 they will produce good sprouts, which have been found to 

 remain tender aud good even when shooting for blossom. 



3. — Kale, German Greens, or Borecole. 



This is a sort of cabbage that does not form a solid head, 

 and is similar to the Savoy, but milder, hardier, and better 

 calculated for standing the frost. It also produces more 

 sprouts than cabbages or Savoys, and these are ready in 

 spring, when there are no other greens to be procured. 



The best sort is the green-curled, the purple being infe- 

 rior in tenderness. The same time for sowing, and the 

 same mode of management, are required as for Savoys. 



A sort of perennial kale has been introduced at Woburn, 

 which is very hardy, and does not require to be yearly 

 raised from seed like the others, but increased from 

 cuttings or slips. It is much coarser in quality than the 

 preceding. 



