April.] THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 3^7 
ward autumn crop of savoys, should be thinned out and pricked 
into nursery -beds, to get strength before they are planted out for 
good. 
Let this be done when the plants have leaves one or two inches 
broad; prepare beds of good earth about three feet and a half wide, 
in an open situation, and let the largest plants be drawn out regu- 
larly from the seed-bed, and planted in those prepared for them, at 
four or five inches distance every way. Water them immediately, 
and repeat it occasionally in dry weather. 
The smaller plants which are left in the seed-beds, should be 
cleared from weeds; give them a good watering to settle the earth 
about their roots, loosened in drawing out the others; they will 
then grow strong, and in two or three weeks be in fine order for 
transplantation. 
Sowing Cabbage Seeds. 
Sow now a general assortment of cabbage seeds, such as early 
York, early sugar-loaf, and early Battersea, to succeed those sown 
in March, and large late Battersea, large late sugar-loaf, flat Dutch, 
drum head, large English, large Scotch, flat-sided, and Savoys, for 
autumn and winter use. Sow also the seed of the red pickling 
cabbage, to succeed those sown in the former months. The earlier 
you sow all these kinds, the larger and better cabbages will you 
have. 
Sow these seeds tolerably thin, in open beds or borders, and keep 
them free from weeds, till fit for planting out; or if they are trans- 
planted into other beds, when about four inches high, it will greatly 
strengthen them, and render them in a much better condition for 
final transplanting. 
Sowing Borecole, or Fringed Cabbage. 
The varieties of this are — 1. Green curled. 2. Red curled. 
3. Thick-leaved curled. 4. Finely fringed. 5. Siberian, or Scotch 
Kale. 
For the garden these may be treated in every respect as winter 
cabbages; they are extremely hardy, and never so delicious as 
%vhen rendered tender by smart frosts; they are very valuable 
plants to cultivate, particularly in the more southerly states, as they 
will there be in the greatest perfection during the winter months; 
they will also, if planted in a gravelly soil and in a sheltered warm 
situation, bear the winters of the middle states, and may be kept in 
great perfection in the eastern states if managed as directed in page 
191, which see. The deliciousness of their sprouts in spring, sur- 
passes every thing of the kind, which they produce in great abun- 
dance. The seeds of either sort may be sown any time this month, 
and treated in every particular as directed for cabbages. 
The green and red borecole, is also a very useful green food for 
sheep; because, it is not only hardy, but if sown in time, will grow 
three or four feet high, and may in deep snows be got at by these 
animals who frequently suffer much for want of food in such cases. 
