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dener, nearly double. In the early culture of this crop it was the custom to have four feet intervals and a space of two feet between the plants; but it has become the fashion since, to,abate much of this distance; nor do I hear of such large Cab- bages grown in any county at present, as were frequently seen thirty years ago: probably it is judged, that number is more than equivalent to large bulk; but on this head, the judgment of the cultivator must be determined by the nature and quality of his land. From five, to ten thousand plants, are grown upon an acre Oo of| land. I have had ¢ f

Kail, the species which curls like endive, very loity and flourishing, and it has lasted several years, the repeated cutting, atalls Spee peey enting 1

ning to seed. Thislapp1 to 0 be the Co leworts

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recommended in the- Mid hian report. The reader will recollect what eis just said ot Bore-

cole in general; but on dry sound noes where it

3 is suffered to remain, it may aford frequent and plentiful cuttings of excellent shee p-fe ae The French coleworts ee the same kind of aan, and there is one circumstance not generally known, in fave ur of‘ coleworts of all kinds, cattle,

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universally pre r th ms of the cabbage Spe-

caibioh‘a oe this day sown, by way of experi-

ment, upon a strong loamy clay) has been many

years known in England, but of late has risen to a very high degree of estimation, particularly in ire, as appears by the agricultural

report

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