Occupations > Abercrombie's improved practical gardener; with a monthly calendar for the flower garden

SAVOY.
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the plants are up two inches high, if they stand
too thick, thpy should be thinned out regularly
to three inches asunder, and those should be
taken to other ground and pricked thereon, at
four inches apart, and both these and those on
the seed-bed well watered. They must stand
four or five weeks to grow stocky, when they
may be planted out to their final situation, each
crop in succession, according to its time of sow¬
ing, viz.: the first sowing in May, the second in
June, the third in July, the fourth in August.
They should be planted into rich open ground, in
rows, for the lesser sorts and late crops, two feet
apart and eighteen inches in the row, and for
later and full crops two feet each way. Showery
weather should be taken advantage of, if possi¬
ble, otherwise the plants must be watered im¬
mediately. In taking up the plants the roots
should be examined, and if clubbed or knotty,
the protuberances must be cut off close. Should
ground be scarce, Savoys may be planted be¬
tween the rows of Beans, which will be out of
the way before the plants want the ground.
As the plants advance in growth, they should
be kept clear from weeds, and the soil stirred
frequently about their roots, and at the same
time a little drawn up to their stems, which will
assist their growth, and successively bring them
to full maturity in September, October, Novem¬
ber, December, &c. and some will remain and
continue sound till the end of February.
To procure Seed.—See the article Cabbag
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