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they will blanch beautifully, and are extremely crisp and delicious. 
The white and brown Dutch, Mogul, New-Zealand, and large cab- 
bage kinds, are excellent sorts, and will succeed well if sown in the 
early part of this month. 
An open situation must be chosen, in which to sow the seeds; the 
ground should be light and rich, and each sort sown separately and 
very thin; for if drawn up close in the seed bed, they will never 
head well. 
The beds wherein these are sown, should be frequently refreshed 
with water, in dry weather, to promote the vegetation of the seeds, 
and encourage the growth of the young plants. 
Tying up early Lettuces* 
The various kinds of Cos or Roman lettuce, which are now be- 
ginning to gather and whiten in the heart, should be tied up with 
strings of bass, which will forward their whitening, and render them 
crisp and tender for eating; but this must be done, only by degrees, 
or as they are wanted, for it greatly promotes their shooting to 
seed. 
■Solving small Sallading. 
Sow a variety of small sallading every week or ten days, for these, 
at this season, shoot on to seed very rapidly; such as cresses or 
pepper-grass, lettuce, rape, radish, mustard, &c. Sow the seeds 
in shallow drills on shady borders, cover them lightly, and give 
them occasional waterings. 
Kidney -Beans. 
A principal crop of Kidney-beans should be planted, in the first 
week of this month, and successional crops, about the middle, and 
also towards the end thereof. 
Any of the dwarf kinds may now be planted; such as the black, 
brown, or red speckled; yellow, cream-coloured, negro, canter- 
bury, white, Dutch, and Battersea dwarfs. The cream-coloured, 
brown, speckled, yellow, and white, are the earliest sorts, and should 
be particularly chosen for the first crop. 
Select for these, a piece of light rich ground, for in such they will 
always be most productive. Let drills be made for them, with a 
hoe, about two feet and a half asunder, and an inch and a half deep; 
drop the beans therein, at the distance of two or three inches from 
one another, draw the earth evenly over them, and rake the surface 
lightly to give the bed a neat appearance. 
These, upon a more extensive scale, may be cultivated to great 
advantage, and to the saving of much labour, by the plough; in 
which culture, the rows will require to be three or four feet asun- 
der, for the convenience of ploughing and harrowing between them, 
for the destruction of weeds, and also for the landing of them with 
that instrument. 
