CABBAGE 



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For other plants of the 

 Cabbage family, see under 

 their names. 



Soil should be deep, rich, 

 moist, well drained, and in 

 good tilth. Cabbage does 

 well on new land. Commer- 

 cial growers apply manure 

 in great quantities, often 

 one hundred tons to the 

 acre. Chemical fertilizers, 

 used alone, are best in the 

 formula of 7 per cent nitro- 

 gen, 8 per cent phosphoric <| 

 acid, 6 per cent potash. 

 With manure, use potash 

 and phosphoric acid as un- g: g 

 der Asparagus, Preparing v 5 

 the Permanent Bed. p- 5 



Distances are according o 

 to variety, two feet or more 

 each way. -o 



Depth one-half to one 

 inch. I* 



Sow under glass thirty g- 

 to forty days before the 8 

 ground is fit, usually early 

 in March ; prick out to 



