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Subsequent fertilizer. Experiments go to show that 

 the weight of the crop may be multiplied considerably 

 by nitrate of soda, four hundred pounds per acre, 

 applied in three equal dressings, the first at transplant- 

 ing, the others at intervals of a month or less. 



Fig. 30. Cabbage, the Jersey Wakefield type. An early maturing cabbage. 



Pick when of full size, when the heads are hard and 

 before they show signs of cracking. (Cracking or split- 

 ting may occur early if the heads stop growing from 

 lack of moisture, and start again.) 



In the home garden, if the plants are coming on all 

 together, the maturity of some may be delayed by lean- 

 ing them toward the north, partly starting them from 

 the ground. When the first heads are cut, leave the 

 stalk with some of the large leaves ; the plants will 

 then often put out young heads or sprouts, several to a 

 plant, which may be cut and eaten. 



Storage. Cabbages may be picked with all their 

 leaves, and stored in sheds or cellars ; or, pulled with 



