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for winter plants, to plant out very ear- 

 ly in the fpring^ and about the begin- 

 ning of January y under bell glafleS;, in 

 order to have them cabbage after the 

 others are gone off ; or in other words, 

 to have them come in juft as the fpring 

 plants begin to harder^, and fall off from 

 their goodnefs, the effential quality of 

 thefe, and wherein their goodnefs chief- 

 ly eonfifts, being their tendernefs at firft 

 coming 5 for afterwards they harden^ and 

 are fit only for the fecond and third tables. 



The befl of the RuJJia kind of fccd^of^kfeeJ. 

 is that which is imported dirediy to us, 

 from T>enmark or Hamburgh 5 at leaft it 

 is from thence we have it frefhcft, and 

 moft conveniently, and if it be pro- 

 cured every year, it is ftill the better $ 

 for that which is raised in England is 

 apt to degenerate and lofe its priftine 

 virtue. The other kind has been rais'd 

 fome years with good fucccfs at Batter- 

 feay the T>evizeSy and other places > 

 and is with eafe procur'd. from feed- 

 mens fhops, though not with fo great 

 certainty as when you raife it your felf 5 

 or get it from fome gardiner that does 

 raife it, and on whom you may de- 

 pend, 



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