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very tender and little inferior to Afparagus. After 
the firft heads are cut off, there will be a great num- 
ber of fide fnoots produced from the Items, which 
will have fmall heads to them, but are full as well fla- 
voured as the large. Thefe fhoots will continue good 
until the middle of April, when the Afparagus will 
come in plenty to fupply the table. 
The Naples Broccoli hath white heads, very like 
thofe of the Cauliflower, and eats fo like it, as not to 
be diftinguifhed from it. This is much tenderer than 
the Roman Broccoli, fo is not fo much cultivated in 
England •, for as the gardens near London generally 
produce great plenty of late Cauliflowers, which, if 
the feafon prove favourable, will continue till Chrift- 
mas, the Naples Broccoli, coming at the fame time, 
is not fo valuable. 
Befides this firft crop of Broccoli (which is ufually 
fown the end of May,) it will be proper tofow ano- 
ther crop the beginning of July f which will come 
in to fupply the table the latter end of March, and 
the beginning of April, and being very young, will 
be extremely tender and fweet. 
In order to fave good feeds of this kind of Broccoli 
in England, you fhould referve a few of the largeft 
heads of the firft crop, which fhould be let remain 
to run up to feed, and all the under ftioots fhould be 
conftantly ftripped off, leaving only the main ftem 
to flower and feed. If this be duly obferved, and 
no other fort of Cabbage permitted to feed near them, 
the feeds will be as good as thofe procured from 
abroad, and the fort may be preferved in perfe6tion 
many years. 
The manner of preparing the Naples Broccoli for the 
table is this : when your heads are grown to their full 
bignefs (as may be eafily known by their dividing, 
and beginning to run up,) then you fhould cut them 
off, with about four inches of the tender ftem to 
them •«, then ftrip off the outer flcin of the ftem, and 
after having waflied them, boil them in a clean linen 
cloth (as is pradtifed for Cauliflowers,) and ferve them 
up with butter, &c. and, if they are of a right kind, 
they will be tenderer than any Cauliflowers, though 
very like them in tafte. 
The Turnep-rooted Cabbage was formerly more cul- 
tivated in England than at prefent, for fince other 
forts have been introduced which are much better 
flavoured, this fort has been negledted. There are 
fome perfons who efteem this kind for foups ; but it 
is generally too ftrong for moft Englifh palates, and 
is ieldom good but in hard winters, which will ren- 
der it tender and lefs ftrong. 
It may be propagated by fowing the feeds in April, 
on a bed of fight frefh earth •, and when the plants are 
come up about an inch high, they fhould be tranf- 
planted out in a fhady border, at about two inches 
diftance every way, obferving to water them until 
they have taken root ; after which time they will re- 
quire no other culture but to keep them clear from 
weeds, unlefs the feafon fhould prove extremely dry ; 
in which cafe it will be proper to water them every 
four or five days, to prevent their being ftinted by 
the mildew, which is fubjed to feize thefe plants in 
very dry weather. 
In the beginning of June, the plants fhould be tranf- 
planted out where they are to remain, allowing them 
two* feet diftance every way, obferving to water 
them until they have taken root ; and as their Items 
advance, the earth fhould be drawn up to them with 
a hoe, which will preferve a moifture about their 
roots, and prevent their Items from drying and grow- 
ing woody, fo that the plants will grow more freely ; 
but it fhould not be drawn very high, for as it is the 
globular part of the ftalk which is eaten, fo that fhould 
not be covered. In winter they will be fit for ufe, 
when they fhould be cut off, and the {talks pulled 
out of the ground, and thrown away, as being good 
for nothing after the Items are cut off. 
The curled Colewort of Siberian Borecole, is now 
more generally efteemed than the former, being ex- 
treme hardy, fo is never injured by cold, but is always 
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Tweeter in fevere winters than in mild feafons. This 
may be propagated by fowing the feeds the be vim 
ning of July and when the plants are ftrong enough 
for tran {planting, they fhould be planted in rows 
about a foot and a half allinder, and ten inches dif- 
tance in the lows ; this work fhould be performed at 
a moift time, when the plants will fo on take root, and 
require no farther care. Thefe will be fit for ufe 
after Chriftmas, and continue good until April, fo 
that they are very ufeful in a family. 
The Mufk Cabbage has, through negligence, been 
almoft loft in England, though for eating it is one of 
the belt kinds we have ; but being tenderer than many 
other forts, is not profitable for gardeners who fup- 
ply the markets ; but thofe who cultivate them for 
their own table, 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 fcent when cut. This may 
be propagated in the fame manner as the common. 
Cabbage, and fhould be allowed the fame diftance. 
It will be fit for ufe in OCcober, November, and De- 
cember •, but, if the winter proves hard, thefe will be 
deftroyed much fooner than the common fprt. 
The common Colewort, or Dorfetinire Kale, is now 
almoft loft near London, where the markets are ufu- 
ally fupplied with Cabbage plants, inftead of them ; 
and thefe being tenderer, and more delicate in win- 
ter, are much more cultivated than the common Cole- 
wort, which is better able to refill the cold in fevere 
winters than thofe, but is not near fo delicate till 
pinched by froft. And fince the winters in Eng- 
land have been generally temperate of late years, the 
common Cabbage plants have conftantly been culti- 
vated by the gardeners near London, and fold in the 
markets as Coieworts, which, if they are ' of the Su- 
gar-loaf kind, is one of the fweeteft greens from De- 
cember to April yet known. Indeed, where farmers 
fow Coieworts to feed their milch-cattle in the. fpring, 
when there is a fcarcity of herbage, the common 
Colewort is to be preferred, as being fo very hardy 
that no froft will deftroy it. The beft method to cul- 
tivate this plant in the fields is, to fow the feeds about 
the beginning of July, choofing a moift feafon, which 
will bring up the plants in about ten days or a fort- 
night •, the quantity of feed for an acre of land is nine 
pounds : when the plants have got five or fix leaves* 
they fhould be hoed, as ispradtiied forTurneps, cut- 
ting down all the weeds from amongft the plants* 
and alfo thinning the plants where they are top thick ; 
but they fhould be kept thicker than Turneps, be- 
caufe they are more in danger of being deftroyed by 
the fly : this work fhould be performed in dry wea- 
ther, 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 fix weeks 
after, the plants fhould have a fecond hoeing, which, 
if carefully performed in dry weather, will entirely 
deftroy the weeds, and make the ground clean, fo 
that they will require no farther culture. In the 
fpring they may either be drawn up and carried out 
to feed the cattle, or they may be turned in to feed 
upon them as they ftand ; but the former method is 
to be preferred, becaufe there will be little wafte 
whereas, when the cattle are turned in amongft the 
plants, they will tread down and deftroy more than 
they eat, efpecially if they are not fenced off by 
hurdles. 
The perennial Colev/ort is alfo little cultivated in the 
gardens near London at prefent. This is very hardy, 
and may be cultivated in the fame manner as the for- 
mer fort. This will continue two years before it runs, 
up to feed, and will afterwards produce many fide 
fhoots, and in poor land will continue three or four 
years ; but in rich foils it will not laft fo long. This 
may be ufed as the former fort, to feed cattle , for 
it is not fo good for the table (unlefs in very fevere 
froft) as the plants which are now cultivated for that, 
purpofe. 
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