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GARDEXING FOR PLEASURE. 



1883, and, for succession, Early Paris or Algiers. These 

 instructions refer to the early crop of Cauliflower. For 

 late or fall crop sow the seeds in May, and plant out as 

 for Cabbage in June or July. In our climate there is 

 usually more success with late than early Cauliflower. 



CABBAGE {Brassica oleracea var.). 



The Cabbage is so easily raised that but little space 

 need be devoted to it here. Like all of its tribe, it re- 

 quires an abundance of manure for its full development. 



Fig. 115. — CABBAGE, SAVOY. 



The early varieties should be either raised in cold frames 

 or in hot-beds, as stated foj Cauliflower, and planted out 

 at distances of from twenty to thirty inches apart each 

 "way, as early as the ground is fit to work in April. The 

 best early varieties are the Early Wakefield and Early 



