CULTURE OF CABBAGE. 
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them, both to encourage the growth of the roots, and also to destroy 
the weeds, and when they begin to be top-heavy draw a little earth 
around the steins. 
The second sowing takes place in April, the sorts to be recom¬ 
mended now are Young’s, Well’s, Vanack, Imperial, Early Battersea, 
and Dwarf America. These will come into use the beginning of 
August, and will continue down to winter. Their treatment is the 
same as mentioned for the last, except that the Battersea and Imperial 
will require planting two feet apart in the rows. 
The third sowing is made in May. These come in late in the 
Autumn, and for winter use. The sorts most suitable for this sowing 
are such as heat quickly, as the Early York, Early Dwarf, Early 
Emperor, and the like. The greater part of these are often cut as 
colew or ts, many of them scarcely being able to form good heads 
before winter overtakes them. 
The fourth season is the principal one for Spring Cabbages, and 
takes place in July and August. It is not every sort that is fit for 
sowing in July, because of the liability to run, but the Vanack, and 
Young’s Early are exceptions, and may be sown any time about the 
20th of the month. The Early York, Early Dwarf, Early Emperor, 
Well’s Early, and Early American, may be sown during the first and 
second weeks in August. 
As soon as they are sufficiently advanced in growth, prick them 
out. Those sown in July will be ready to plant out for winter in the 
beginning of September, and those sown in August will be ready to 
plant out by the end of September. This may be on the ground 
that was occupied by early potatoes. 
Always make it a rule not to occupy the same ground with cab¬ 
bages two successive years. 
The seasons for sowing Coleworts are towards the middle of June, 
the middle of July, and the beginning of August. Always select for 
this purpose the quick heating sorts, as the Early York, Early 
Dwarf, Early Emperor, &c. As soon as coleworts are cut, always 
pull up the stalks, and by cutting each row, and clearing it away, the 
ground can be occupied with something else. 
The culture of the Red Cabbage is much the same as that for the 
White. The season for sowing is August, and the heads are fully 
formed by August in the following year; to succeed these sow in 
March, and transplant two feet six inches apart. 
Cabbages may also be raised from slips and cuttings of the first 
shoots formed after the heads are cut. “ The slips when taken from 
the stalks, are exposed a sufficient time to the sun and atmosphere, 
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