The Tra5iical Kitchen Gardinef , i 3 1 



more open ground in the latter end of 

 yuljy or the beginning of Auguft 5 for 

 as they are feldom cat till towards 

 ChriftmaSy when the froft has nip'd them^ 

 they grow all the months of Auguft and 

 September^ and in fine weather great 

 part of October, and are, towards the 

 beginning of December^ and not fooner> 

 a moft excellent difh. 



The other kinds of cabbages, that are of mnuf 

 chiefly defignd for the latter part of the^f/^fj 

 winter, or beginning of the fpring, fel- 

 dom pome or cabbage to any great de- 

 gree, and are therefore with us generally 

 caird coleworts, mofl: of which we have 

 in the Weftern parts of England in great 

 abundance 5 kele, as Mr. Evelyn terms 

 it, not being fo well known or raised 

 any where as in Hampjhirey and other 

 Weftern counties, where bacon is the 

 beft, and made in greateft quantities, 

 they are of great ufe in the kitchen. 



That which is rais'd for the winter 

 and fpring fervice, and comes in juft 

 as loaf cabbages decay, is fow'd foon af- 

 ter midfummer, in any open ground, 

 but is often apt to be eat up in the feed- 

 leaf (as other cabbage feeds are) with the 

 black fly 5 for which reafon, as foon as 

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