CABBAGES 



ten pounds weight, and of the best quality 

 for fall or winter use. 



HOW TO GROW TWO CROPS IN ONE SEASON 



BY 



s. H. mitchp:ll 



ST. MARYS, ONT. 



SOME years ago I discovered a process get a good head on each stump, eight or 

 by whcih two crops of good cabbage 

 can be grown successfully on the same land 

 and from the same plants in one season. As 

 it has not been published heretofore, I con- 

 tribute it for the readers of the Horticulturist. 



The first crop must be early. Have the 

 ground rich and well prepared ; use good, 

 well hardened plants from the middle up to 

 the end of April, according to the season. 

 Set not closer than thirty inches apart each 

 way, so that it will give room for cultivation, 

 hoe often, the oftener the ground is stirred 

 the sooner the crop will mature. It should 

 be cut from the first to the middle of July. 

 Cut the heads carefully, as soon as ready, 

 leaving the stumps as long as possible. 

 Now continue to cultivate the ground often 

 and moderately deep. The large leaves 

 will shade the ground and the stumps from 

 the sun. A new growth will rapidly appear 

 all around the stumps, and the old leaves 

 will drop off. 



When the largest shoots are three or four 



inches long, with a sharp knife cut off all 



the shoots exceet the strongest one ; r ut 



close to the stump but do not cut into it, 



keep off all shoots that may appear, except 



the one for the head. „ r^ ^, tt n 



Fig. nil. Dr. T. H. Hoskins, 



If your ground is good and rich, you will ,.. . ir u w r i u j u 



'f o D » y of Newport, Vt., who has frequently contnbuted to this 



Journal interesting notes on Hardy Apples, 

 passed away June 26th. 



giotcs fvonx the ^ovticnXtvLvvtX MocUtUs 



Qrimsby. — One of the pleasantest gatherings 

 yet held by the Grimsby Horticultural Society was 

 a Rose Show, held on the lawn of Mr. Ambrose 

 Pettit on Tuesday evening, June 8th. The princi- 

 pal attraction was a hedge of Crimson Rambler 

 roses a quarter of a mile in length, extending along 

 the carriage drive from the road to the house. 

 They were trained upon a wire fence, and 

 were now about three years planted. Every 

 plant was a marvel to behold, with its enor- 

 mous load of great trusses of gorgeous blooms, 

 their deep crimson color enriched, at the time of 



our visit, by the direct rays of the setting sun. We 

 estimated at least 5,000 roses on each plant, or a 

 total, on thehundred plants, of over half a mi lion. 

 Several delegates from the Hamilton Horticuitural 

 Society who came down on the evening trolley, 

 said they had never seen anything anywhere to 

 equal this Crimson Rambler hedge, and that it was 

 worth a journey of one hundred miles fo see. 



A table of roses and other cut flowers was dis- 

 played on the verandah, and a brief program of 

 music and recitation-; as the twilight changed to 

 darkness, concluded the delightful evening party. 



