84: The Gaeden. 



but are in other respects equally desirable. The Early Win- 

 ningstadt, a variety sent out from the Patent Office, is said to 

 be worthy of trial. 



The cabbage will grow in any soil sufficiently enriched and 

 properly prepared. It must be plowed or dug deeply, and well 

 pulverized. Common salt, ashes, plaster of Paris, and bone- 

 dust may be used with advantage, as the plant abounds in sul- 

 phur, phosphorus, soda, and potash. Animal manures may 

 also be freely used. 



Tor producing early spring cabbages, various plans are pur- 

 sued. The best mode for general adoption is the following: 

 About the tenth of September, for southern New York (a little 

 earlier for New England, and a little later for the South), sow 

 seeds of the Early York, Nonpareil, or Yanack in a seed-bed 

 of rich, light soil. If the weather be dry, sprinkle the bed 

 with water a few times, to promote germination. When large 

 enough to transplant, set them quite thickly in a cold frame or 

 walled pit, for protection during the winter. The frame or 

 pit may be covered with boards, adding straw, if necessary, 

 when the frost is severe. Give the plants air whenever the 

 weather will permit. Carefully exclude the rain, as too much 

 moisture will injure them. Early in the spring transplant into 

 the compartment of the garden designed for them. "Where the 

 winters are not too severe, they may be brought forward a 

 week or two earlier by planting them out in the fall in good, 

 rich soil, previously prepared by throwing it up into high 

 ridges, running east and west, and about two feet apart. On 

 the south sides of these ridges set out the plants one foot apart. 

 They will then be shielded from the north winds, and receive 

 all the benefit of the sun. When the weather becomes severe, 

 cover with straw, laying it across the ridges. This may be 

 removed whenever mild weather returns. Early cabbages 

 may also be obtained by starting the plants in a hot-bed, soAving 

 in February or March. 



In transplanthig cabbages, especially the early ones, the 

 growth of v.'hich it is important not to check, take them up 



