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early planting, as the cut -worm (known here as grey grub) and maggot are worse in 

 such land. One of my neighbours, W. D. Bonter, told me that he lost about all of 

 his early plants on such land this year. It will do for late planting, providing the 

 season is wet enough ; in fact cabbage will grow good on any land if kept contin- 

 ually moist and well manured, With our dry seasons I don't think the late or gen- 

 eral crop of cabbage can be successfully grown except on low, flat, loamy land, sandy 

 being the best, which should be manured liberally every two years, and should be 

 cultivated and kept clean of weeds before as well as after planting. The land can- 

 not very well be too rich. I have no experience with artificial manures on cabbage. 

 I planted my early varieties 2x3 feet, and late 2x3 feet ; some plant closer, 

 but I could not see anything gained by it, as the heads are smaller. I never water 

 plants when or after setting them out, for if the land is moist enough to grow them 

 they will do as well without watering as with it. I have tested about twenty-five var- 

 ieties, and prefer Henderson's Early for an early crop, and Filderkraut for later. Hen- 

 derson's Early heads good, and as early as any that is worth raising, is very tender, and 

 will stand longer when grown without bursting the heads than any I have tested — -it will 

 not do for late planting as it will not keep. I have tried the Jersey Wakefield and could 

 never get them as early nor as large as the catalogues speak of. The Winningstadt is a 

 hardy early, and heads as well as any, and sells well on the Belleville market — but they 

 are about the toughest and poorest in flavour of any that I have tested. I was told by 

 a market gardener, while attending the Toronto Exhibition in 1880, that they could not 

 sell them on the Toronto market; Henderson's Early being sold there principally for early. 

 I have quit raising them, as the Filderkraut is just as early, heads just as well, if not 

 better, will produce 50 per cent, larger crop on same land, and the best flavoured and 

 tenderest of all, except the Savoys. They will do for either early or late — mine will be 

 ready for market as soon as Henderson's Early — and they combine about all the qualities 

 necessary for a good and profitable cabbage. The Savoys are the tenderest and best for 

 boiling, and the best keepers if buried, and shrink the most if kept in cellar, but I can't 

 get them to head so as to be any profit in them — they do not sell well on the Belleville 

 market. There is no profit in raising red cabbage with me ; I raise a few for to exhibit 

 only. For a late crop about the 1st of July is soon enough to plant the Filderkraut ; I 

 am not done planting yet, the 12th of July. Cabbage to keep must be cut when it is 

 growing— if the outer leaves commence to rot before it is cut it will not keep. I have not 

 been troubled much with the cabbage worm since I have planted an acre or more to- 

 gether, which is the best prevention against their ravages. The best and about the only 

 practical remedy to kill them is to sprinkle boiling water on them — the first touch of it 

 kills them — it may be done with a whisk or watering pot. Care must be taken not to 

 put too much on, which is not necessary, as the first touch kills them. 



Francis Peck. 



Mr. James Peck. — When you blanch the plants for winter use do you use sand 1 



Mr. Potter. — No ; we use no soil ; we simply put the celery on the bottom of the 

 cellar. 



Mr. President Dempsey. — Have you ever tried the use of water in blanching 

 it — freely applying water at the roots of the celery during the winter. 



Mr. Potter. — My cellar is so damp that it does not require any water applied at 

 the bottom of it. The floor is the natural rock, and it is always moist. We used to 

 take in the earth with the celery until last season, but last season we shook ofl" the earth 

 and picked off the coarse outside leaves, and the celery kept better than it did before. 



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