THE CULTIVATION OF SEA-KALE. 99 



from having been grown to perfection without 

 a check. 



There are a great variety of ways for forcing 

 sea-kale. When the leaves die off in the autumn, 

 let them be cleared away, and cover them with 

 large garden pots reversed, the holes at the top 

 being stopped with hay, and a little soil drawn 

 round the rims to keep out the air and insects. 

 Cover them with leaves or litter so as to obtain 

 a gentle heat, the milder it is the finer will be 

 the produce. If leaves, the upper coat should 

 be long litter, to throw off wet and keep the 

 heat regular during changes of weather. Cover- 

 ing about the middle of October will insure sea- 

 kale for the middle of December ; and where a 

 succession is required, regulate the commencing 

 of forcing accordingly ; the last succession 

 will answer with pots only, provided the air be 

 excluded. The finest I have ever seen was so 

 treated ; the seeds sown in February and cut 

 the May twelvemonth following. 



Another method is to take up the plants 

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