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otherwise they will draw up weakly, and be good for nothing; but 
at the same time, do not let them be chilled, nor their vegetation 
checked, by exposing them too much in cold weather, or neglecting 
to cover them carefully at night; expose them fully to the air 
every mild and warm day, but not when the wind is sharp or cutting, 
and raise the glasses behind in more unfavourable weather. 
On the judicious treatment given to these plants, during this 
month, depends, in a great measure, their future success; therefore, 
due and constant attention should be paid to them, agreeably to the 
rules already laid down. 
As the beginning, or early part of next month, will be the princi- 
pal period, for planting out cauliflowers, in the middle and eastern 
states; I am induced to defer the instructions for performing that 
part of the business till April; observing however, that in every part 
of the Union, it should be done as early in spring, as the ground 
gets warm, and into a good state for vegetation, not before; for, 
when that is not the case, the plants very frequently get chilled and 
stunted by the coldness of the earth and air, and seldom afterwards 
produce good heads. 
You may sow some cauliflower seed on a warm border, towards 
the latter end of the month, to produce their flowers or heads in Oc 
tober, &c. 
Cabbage Plants. 
During the early part of this month, the cabbage plants which are 
in a considerable state of forwardness, must be well inured to the 
open air, the better to prepare them for planting out as soon, after 
the middle of the month, as the weather will permit. Those pro- 
duced from later sowings in hot-beds, will, to do them justice, require 
the same management, as directed for cauliflower plants. 
Planting and sowing Cabbages. 
As early in this month as you find the weather sufficiently fa- 
vourable, which in the middle states is generally so, about the 
fifteenth or twentieth, transplant cabbage plants of all kinds, par- 
ticularly the early sorts, where they are to remain for heading; this, 
in warm situations and dry ground, may be done at an earlier period, 
according to circumstances. 
Let them be planted in good ground enriched with dung, at two 
feet and a half distance for the early York, sugar-loaf, and other 
early kind; but the large late cabbage plants should be set a 
yard asunder. 
The above distances are to be understood of such plants, as are to 
remain to grow to their full size; but such of the forward kinds, as 
are to be cut while young, may be planted closer: eighteen inches to 
two feet will be sufficient. 
Plant out also a general crop of red cabbage plants, to head in 
August, Sec. and allow them three feet every way, plant from plant. 
Sow seeds of every kind of cabbage, which you wish to cultivate; 
these may be sown in the open ground about the middle, or as early 
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