LIST OF VEGETABES. 843 
vember to Christmas. Tall large-headed Purple sown the end of 
March will produce in the March and April following. Portsmouth 
sown in the middle of Aprils will produce in February and March. 
Sulphur Coloured, Spring White and late Dwarf Purple, sown in 
March' will pi'oduce in April and May following. Siberian will en- 
dure our hardest winters, and sown the end of April will produce in 
May, the year following. 
Cabbages. — ^The following are the best varieties cultivated in our 
gardens : Superior Early, Early Dwarf, Early Imperial, Early Bat- 
tersea. Early Dutch, Large York, Large Penton, Early York, Va- 
nack. Early Cornish, Emperor, East Ham, Late Battersea, Red 
Dutch, 
The Early Summer crop of Cabbages require to be sown about 
the middle of the preceding August ; and the autumn crops should 
be sown from the beginning of April to the middle or end of May in 
the same year. Red Cabbage makes the best heads for pickling 
if sown in April and not cut till the following winter or spring, if any 
are wanted for pickling early in the autumn they should be sown in 
August the preceding year. 
Cardoons. — The Spanish Cardoon is by far the best cultivated 
iu this country, although in France the Cardoon of Tours is consi- 
dered the best. 
Carrots. — For early crops the common Early Horn, and the 
Early Short Red Horn are the best, and may be sown on hotbeds in 
February or on warm borders in March. The Long Orange and 
Altringham as principal crops for winter use, are sown from the mid- 
dle of March to the middle of April. 
Cauliflowers. — Early and Late varieties, the former of these is 
sown about the middle of September, and produces early the follow- 
ing summer ; the latter are sown about the end of March, which will 
produce in May and June, and again in May, which will produee in 
October and November if the weather prove mild. 
Celery. — The best sorts are the Italian, Red Solid, White Solid, 
Celeriac or Turnip Rooted, and the Manchester Large ; this last is 
decidedly the best sort grown, each root commonly weighing from 
ten to twelve pounds, and being very free from any rankness. 
Cucumbers. — The following maybe considered the most superi- 
or sorts : Early Frame, Early Southgate, Longford, Green Turkey, 
Kerrison's Hothouse, Walker's Long, Serene, Incomparable, 
Wandsworth Earl Grey, White Turkey, 
Endives. — The best of the Batavian Endives, are the broad leav- 
ed or common Batavian ; and the small Batavian, which is prefera- 
