60 THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



their roots and earth, they may be set in pits (head 

 down, on their sides, or upright) and covered as freez- 

 ing weather comes on. Or set them in trenches, well 

 drained, having pulled them and drained all water 

 from the heads. Set close together, roots down and 

 covered with earth. To shed rain, cover with litter, 

 straw or cornstalks, or with a roof of boards, and with 

 earth as the hard frost comes. It is an art to keep 

 them well. 



Diseases. Against club-root (club-foot, finger and 

 toe), keep the plants growing well, keep down weeds 



Fig. 31. Cabbage, the Flat Dutch type. 



and preserve moisture, dress with lime (air -slaked, 

 seventy-five bushels per acre), destroy diseased plants, 

 and practice rotation. Both in the case of club-root 

 and black rot (or stem rot), manure is suspected as be- 

 ing a cause of the disease. Against black rot late 



