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CULTURE OF VEGETABLES. 
ARTICLE II. 
ON THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES. 
BY HENRY BROOKE, ESQ. 
Cabbage. —The early Venack, and early Compton, may he sown in 
every month from the middle of February to the 5th of August, to 
produce heads in summer, late in autumn, and early in spring.— 
The large Peignton on the 5th of August, to come into use late in 
spring; and the Dwarf York in June and July, to produce small 
heads from November to the end of March. They may he sown 
again in September to seed early in summer. When a head has 
been cut, the stump, with a few young leaves, should remain in the 
ground, that a new head may be formed at the setting on of each 
leaf, for the sap, in its progress upwards to sustain the leaf, will also 
support the formation of the young head. Therefore, the absurd 
practice of cutting off the leaves and leaving the stumps bare, being 
a great check to vegetation, ought to be entirely abandoned. Those 
stumps which remain in the ground all the winter will probably 
produce heads earlier in the spring than the plants from seed sown 
between the 20th of July and the 5th of August. Some of the 
stumps, with their young leaves, might be removed into sheds, 
rooms, or other covered places, at the commencement of frost, hung 
up by their roots, and replanted in March. These probably will 
produce heads still earlier than the former. The running to seed of 
cabbage plants may he checked in due time, by placing a small twig 
through the stem of each plant to impede the sap. 
Pea .—The Early Nimble, Early Warwick, and Bishop’s Early 
Dwarf ought to he sown from November to the end of February for 
spring; the Blue Imperial, and Groom’s New Dwarf Blue Pea, in 
March, April, and May, for summer; and Knight’s New Dwarf 
Marrow from the first of June to the end of July, for late autumn 
produce.—Bishop’s Dwarf’s grow about three feet high, and as the 
branches extend much, the peas should be an inch apart in the drill. 
The branches of Groom’s Dwarf extend much more, and therefore 
each pea ought to he three inches apart in the drill. For early peas, 
soot or sifted coal ashes ought to be placed in the drills, to secure 
them from frost; he careful not to bury the tops of the plants with 
earth, and he sure to stick them as soon as possible. The rows ought 
to he twenty feet apart, to admit sun and air to each pea, as well as 
to the vegetables growing between them. 
