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variety for a succession crop, being two or three weeks 

 behind the earliest sorts. Though not more than 8000 or 

 9000 can be planted on an acre, yet, as it comes in just 

 when the glut is over, it rarely sells for less than $12 per 

 100. Its lateness, however, prevents the getting in of a 

 second crop, and it is consequently not largely grown. 



CABBAGE— Late. 



The manner of cultivating Late Cabbage is not quite 

 so expensive as that for Eai-ly, and as a consequence, the 

 receipts for the crop are correspondingly low. In fact, it 

 is .often sold at prices that would not more than repay the 

 price of manure and labor expended on the early crop. But 

 as it can be raised with much less manure and labor, and 

 on land less valuable, it is extensively grown in the neigh- 

 borhood of all our large cities, rather, however, by farm- 

 ers than by gardeners. The seed is sown usually in the 

 early part of May, and the plants set out in July, at dis- 

 tances of 3 feet between the rows, and 2 feet between the 

 plants. The crop is almost exclusively worked by the cul- 

 tivator or plow, one hoeing usually sufficing around the 

 plants. In Long Island, IsT. Y., they are set out in July, 

 on the ground from which early Potatoes or Peas have 

 been grown. About 10 tons of stable manure per acre is 

 usually put in the rows over which the plants are set. The 

 price averages about $40 per 1000; G000 or 7000 are 

 grown per acre, giving an average of, perhaps, $300 to the 

 acre. Late Cabbage is extensively shipped during the fill 

 months, from New York to southern ports. The hot and 



