CABBAGE 



For the first year, get an early variety of cabbage, as the 

 Early Wakefield. The second year you can try a late kind. 

 Sow the seeds indoors in fiats during February or March. 



When the frost is out of the ground and the weather is 

 settled, and the plants are from 4 to 6 inches high, set them 

 out in the garden. Cabbages thrive in cool weather and 

 will do well in newly cultivated soil. But do not plant 

 them in the same place for two successive years. Set them 

 in rows about 2 feet apart and 18 inches apart in the row. 



The cabbage seems to have a special attraction for insect 

 enemies. First, the cutworm is likely to bother it. The 

 plants can be protected from this worm by putting a paper 

 collar around the stem of each one. 



Then the cabbage butterfly will lay its eggs on the leaves 

 and you will have to destroy the worms. Arsenate of lead 

 will hold them in check (page 54), but it is poisonous and 

 should not be used after the heads begin to form. 



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