278 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



One of the best early sorts for general planting is the Early Jersey 

 Wakefield, an old and time tried variety. It is a sure heading variety 

 and gives satisfaction as an early sort. 



The cabbage when set in the field should be set in rows so that 

 cultivation may be done with horse cultivator or wheel hoe. A good 

 distance to set the plants is two feet in the row and rows three feet 

 apart. This gives ample room for the plants to develop and they can 

 be cared for easily. 



In transplanting I have found that a home-made dibble will serve 

 as well as one purchased from the store. Take an old wooden spade 

 handle and cut it off about eight inches below the handle proper and 

 sharpen to a sharp point, with a long slope to the sharpened point. To 

 set the plant push the dibble into the ground, making a round hole 

 into which place the plant a little deeper than it grew in the seed bed. 

 Then press the dirt firmly around the plant and see that the opening 

 into which you set the plant is filled up and the dirt is pressed firmly 

 around the roots. It is a good plan to take a damp, rainy day if you 

 can to transplant the young plants, just so the ground is not so wet so 

 that it is sticky. The plants should be kept moist while transplanting, 

 tsually it is a good plan to have an old bucket in which is a little 

 water to keep the roots moist. If due care is exercised in handling and 

 setting, the loss from transplanting need not amount to anything. 



Frequent cultivation and liberal use of the hoe is necessary to 

 keep the ground free from weeds and throughly stirred. Then the 

 plants will make a vigorous growth from the time of setting out until 

 heads are matured. 



The great trouble in growing cabbage successfully is the cabbage 

 worm. This pest destroys annually thousands of dollars worth of cab- 

 bage which could have been saved by judicious spraying. The worm 

 can be controlled by the use of poison spray applied while the plant is 

 small. ?praying should be continued up to the head forming stage or 

 until the head is about one-fifth grown. Don't be afraid that the use of 

 the poison will make the cabbage unfit for table use. The edible portion 

 of cabbage forms from the inside of the head and the leaves upon which 

 you will place the poison are those on the outside which you throw away 

 anyway. The worms being susceptable to even a very small portion or 

 the poison are easily killed with a very diluted mixture. Paris green is 

 the best thing to use in proportion of one pound to 200 gallons of water. 

 This should be applied in the form of a fine spray. Due caution should 

 be used in handling the poison as with any other poisons. 



Late cabbage seed my be planted in the hills where the plants are 

 to grow the last of April or forepart of May. The young plants should 

 be thinned out leaving only strong vigorous ones to grow. Their later 

 treatment should be the same as for early cabbage. The best late sorts 

 are the Danish Baldhead, Surehead and Premium Flat Dutch. The 

 Danish Baldhead is the longest keeper, keeping up until April and May 



