COLEWORT, OR COLLARDS. 
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French Turnip. In France, as well as in Germany, few 
great dinners are served up without it, in some shape or 
other. 
COLEWORT, OR COLLARDS. 
Chou vert. Brassica oleracea. 
This is a species of Cabbage which is eaten when young; 
it so nearly resembles the early kinds of Cabbage, that it is 
seldom cultivated. The English frequently sow the seed of 
early heading kinds of Cabbage as a substitute, which being 
done at different seasons, enables them to procure a supply 
of fresh greens from their gardens every day in the year. 
This is not attainable here, on account of the extremes of 
heat and cold ; but Collards would prove very valuable and 
acceptable, in the event of an unfavourable season for fall 
Cabbage. 
If the seed of Early York, Early Dutch, or other early 
kinds of Cabbage, be sown in June, July, and August, and 
transplanted as they become fit, into good ground, from fif- 
teen to eighteen inches apart, the first planting would make 
good heads for fall use ; and the plants of late sowings, if 
transplanted in September and October, in a warm border, 
would produce tender, sweet-eating greens for use in the 
early part of winter ; the latter plantings may be placed ten 
or twelve inches from plant to plant. These could be easily 
sheltered on the approach of severe weather, without being 
.aken up. The cultivation of Collards is well adapted to our 
Southern States p,s there they need no protection in winter 
