KITCHEN eARDm 



larger than prickly seed spinach; sow now in ©pen 

 situations, broad cast, tread the seed in evenly, and then 

 rake the ground ; weed the early crops, and thin them 

 six inches apart. What was sown last fall must he well 

 weeded, and the earth stirred with a hoe ; if the plants 

 are too close, thin them for use, and of those that stand 

 wide, crop the large leaves only, till they begin to run. 



CABBAGES. 



About the middle of this month transplant cabbage 

 plants into the ground where they are to remain till 

 perfect: or it may be done early in the month, if the 

 plants are strong, and the weather mild ; plant them 

 eighteen inches or two feet asunder, having first dung-ed 

 the ground. If the winter plants, sow last fall, are i n- 

 jured by frost, sow the seeds of early cabbages during 

 this month, viz. sugar-loaf, Yorkshire and Battersea. 

 Sow also Dutch red-cabbage seed to raise plants for 

 winter and spring use ; all those seeds should be sown 

 in open situations. Sow cabbage seed broad cast, and 

 rake it in. 



LETTUCES. 



Sow Silesia, green and white cos, white and browu 

 Dutch, common cabbage and grand admiral lettuce.^ 

 at different times this month for a succession : sow on 

 rich ground well broken, the situation open ; sow broad 

 cast, and rake the seed hghtly in. Transplant into rich 

 ground, plants that have stood the winter, leaving the 

 strongest plants ten inches apart: water those you trans- 

 plant. 



ASPARAGUS. 



In a situation that enjoys the full sun, and where the 

 earth is light and rich, trench the ground, and bury 

 plenty of rotten dungin each trench, twelve or sixteen 

 inches below the surface. When you have thus prepared 

 •a bed four and a half feet wide, and any length you re- 



