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Roots, and prevent their Stems from 

 drying, and growing woody, To that 

 the Plants will grow more freely. In 

 Winter they will be fit for Ufe ; 

 when they mould be cut off, and the 

 Stems pulled out of the Ground, and 

 thrown away, as being good for no- 

 thing after the Heads are cut off". 



The curled Colewort is more ge- 

 nerally efteemed than the former. 

 This may be propagated by fowing 

 the Seeds the Beginning of July; 

 and when the Plants are ilrong 

 enough for tranfplanting,they mould 

 be planted in Rows about eight or 

 liine Inches afunder, and four or five 

 Inches Diftance in the Rows : this 

 Work mould be performed at a moift 

 time, when the Plants will foon take 

 Root, and require no farther Care. 

 Thefe will be fit for Ufe after Ckrifi- 

 mas, ancl continue good until April, 

 fo that they are very ufeful in a Fa- 

 mily. 



The Mufk-cabbage has, through 

 Negligence, been almoft loft in Eng- 

 /and, though for eating it is one of 

 the beft Kinds we have ; but is ten- 

 derer than many other Sorts, fo not 

 profitable for Gardeners who fupply 

 the Markets ; but thofe who culti- 

 vate them for their ownTable,fhould 

 make Choice of this, rather than 

 any of the common Cabbage ; for it 

 is always loofer, and the Leaves 

 more crifp and tender, and has a 

 moft agreeable mufky Scent when 

 cut. This may be propagated in the 

 fame manner as the common Cab- 

 bage, and fhould be allowed the fame 

 Diftance : it will be fit for Ufe in 

 Oftober, November, and December ; 

 but, if the Winter proves hard, thefe 

 will be deftroyed much fooner than 

 the common Sort. 



The branching Sea-cabbage is 

 found wild in feveral Parts of Eng- 

 land, on the Sea-coaft, and is fomc- 

 times gathered by the poor Inhabit- 



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ants in the Spring, and eaten ; but 

 it is apt to be ftrong and bitter, fo 

 that it is rarely cultivated for Ufe in 

 the Gardens. 



The common Colewort is now al- 

 moft loft near London, where their 

 Markets are ufually fupplied with 

 Cabbage or Savoy Plants, inftead of 

 them ; and thole being tenderer, and 

 more delicate, are better worth cul- 

 tivating th.3n the common Colewort, 

 which is ftronger, and better able to 

 refift the Cold in fevere Winters, 

 than either of thofe, but is not near 

 fo delicate. And fince the Winters 

 in England have been generally tem- 

 perate of late Years the common 

 Cabbage ai\&Sa<voy Plants have con- 

 ftantly been cultivated by the Gar- 

 deners near London, and fold in the 

 Markets as Coleworts : indeed,where 

 Farmers-fow Coleworts to feed their 

 Milch -cattle in the Spring, when 

 there is a Scarcity of Herbage, the 

 common Colewort is to be preferred, 

 as being fo very hardy, that no Froft 

 will deftroy it. The beft Method 

 to cultivate this Plant in the Fields 

 is, to fow the Seeds about the Be- 

 ginning of July, choofing a moift 

 Seafon, which will bring up the 

 Plants in about ten Days or a Fort- 

 night : the Quantity of Seed for an 

 Acre of Land is nine Pounds : when 

 the Plants have gotten five or fix 

 Leaves, they fhould be hoed, as is 

 praclifed for Turneps, cutting down 

 all the Weeds from amongft the 

 Plants, and alfo thinning the Plants 

 where they are too thick ; but they 

 fhould be kept thicker thanTurneps, 

 becaufe they are more in Danger of 

 being deftroyed by the Fly : this 

 Work fhould be performed in dry 

 Weather, that the Weeds may be 

 killed ; for if it fhould prove moift 

 foon after, the Weeds will take Root 

 again, and render the Work of little 

 Ufe. About iix Weeks after, the 



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