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Gentlemens Gardens, who cultivate 

 it for their own Ufe, and is rarely 

 ever brought to the Market. This 

 mult be fown in the Spring of the 

 Year, and managed as thole before 

 directed, with this Difference only, 

 that thefe mult be fooner planted out 

 for good, and muft have an open 

 clear Spot of Ground, and require 

 much lcfs Diftance every Way; for it 

 is a very hard fmall Cabbage. Thefe 

 will be fit for Ufe in July or Augujl ; 

 but will not continue long before 

 they will break, and run up to Seed. 

 The beft Method to have thefe Cab- 

 bages good, is to procure frelh Seeds 

 from abroad every Year '; for it is 

 apt to degenerate in England in a few 

 Years. 



The early Batterfea and Sugar- 

 loaf Cabbages are commonly fown 

 for Summer-ufe, and are what the 

 Gardeners about London commonly 

 call Michaelmas Cabbages. TheSea- 

 fon for fowing of thefe is about the 

 End of July, in an open Spot of 

 Ground ; and when the Plants have 

 got eight Leaves, you mull prick 

 them out into Beds at about three 

 Inches Diftance every Way, that the 

 Plants may grow ftrong and fhort- 

 ihank'd j and in the Middle of Odo- 

 ber you lhould plant them out for 

 good : the Diftance that thefe require 

 is, three Feet Row from Row, and 

 two Feet and an half afunder in the 

 Rows. The Gardeners near London 

 commonly plant thefe Cabbages up- 

 on the fame Spot of Ground where 

 their Winter fpinach is fown; fo that 

 when the Spinach is clear'd off in the 

 Spring, the Ground will have a Crop 

 of Cabbages upon it ; you mull 

 therefore clear off the Spinach juft 

 round each Plant early in the Spring, 

 that with an Hoe you may draw the 

 Earth up to the Stem ; and when all 

 your Spinach is clear'd off, which is 

 commonly in Jfril, you mull hoe 



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down all the Weeds, and draw up 

 the Earth again about yourCabbage- 

 piants. 



In May, if your Plants were of 

 the early Kind, they will turn in 

 their Leaves for Cabbaging ; at 

 which time, the Gardeners near Lon- 

 don, in order to obtain them a little 

 fooner, tie in their Leaves clofe with 

 a flendef Ofier twig to blanch their 

 Middle ; by which means they have 

 them at leall a Fortnight fooner than 

 they could have, if they were left un- 

 tied. 



The early Batterfea Cabbage be- 

 ing the firll, we mould choofe (if 

 for a Gentleman's Ufe) to plant the 

 fewer of them, and a greater Quan- 

 tity of the Sugar-loaf Kind, which 

 comes after them ; for the Batterfea. 

 Kind will not fupply you long, they 

 generally cabbaging apace when they 

 begin, and as foon grow hard, and 

 buril open : but the Sugar-loaf Kind 

 is longer before it comes, and is as 

 flow in its cabbaging ; and, being of 

 an hollow Kind, will continue good 

 for a long time. I have known a 

 large Quarter of Ground, which was 

 planted with this Sort of Cabbage 

 for Market- ufe, w hich hath afforded 

 a Supply for near three Months to-, 

 gether. This, though of fingular 

 Service to a Gentleman's Garden, is 

 not fo much for the Advantage of 

 the Market-gardener, who loves to 

 have his Ground clear'd fooner, that 

 he may have another Crop upon it, 

 of Celery, Endive, &c. which is 

 more to his Purpofe ; for they, pay- 

 ing large Rents for their Land, are 

 obliged to have as many Crops in a 

 Year from it as poflibie. 



Although I before have advifecj 

 the planting out of your Cabbages 

 for good in Oclobtr, yet the Sugar- 

 loaf Kind may be planted out in Fe- 

 bruary, and will fucceed as well as 

 if planted earlier, with this Differ- 

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