364 THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



sior, American Wonder, Little Gem, and Premium Gem. 

 Second early varieties of general adaptability are Abun- 

 dance, Advancer, Heroine, and Horsford's Market Garden. 

 Late sorts and the so-called edible -podded sugar peas 

 are of very limited utility in amateur gardens. The 

 tall or standard sorts should be allowed to climb on 

 brush or chicken wire. The half -standards and dwarfs 

 may be planted in double rows, so that the plants tend 

 to hold each other up. 



4. Brassicaceous Group Cabbage, Eale, Cauliflower, etc. 



In the northern states, these plants will all do best 

 when started early in hotbed, frame, or greenhouse, 

 from the last of February to April and transplanted to 

 the open ground May first to June first. Still, some per- 

 sons are successful in growing late cabbage, kale, etc., 

 by sowing the seeds in hills in the open ground where 

 the plants are to mature. It is best to transplant the 

 young plantlets twice, first from the seed-bed to boxes, 

 or frames, about the time the second set of true leaves 

 appears, placing the plants twenty-four inches apart each 

 way, and transplanting again to the open ground in 

 rows four to five feet apart, with plants two to four 

 feet apart in the row. If the plants are started under 

 cover they should be hardened off by exposure to light 

 and air during the warmer hours of several days pre- 

 ceding the final transplanting. 



The most serious enemy of cabbage -like plants is the 

 root-maggot. See discussion of this insect on page 96, 

 Fig. 96. 



The cabbage -worm (larva of the white butterfly shown 

 in Fig. 240) can be despatched with pyrethrum or kero- 

 sene emulsion. It must be treated very early, before 

 worm gets far into the head. 



The club-root or stump-root, is a fungous disease, 



