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for which there is no good remedy. Use new land, if 

 the disease is present. 



CABBAGES. Early Jersey Wakefield, Early York and 

 Early French Oxheart are best among extra early va- 

 rieties. For a medium early crop, Winnigstadt, All 

 Seasons, Succession, All Head, and Large Jersey Wake- 

 field are all good. For late crop, Danish Ball Head, 

 Late Flat Dutch and Large Late Drummond are valu- 

 able. Early Ked Dutch Erfurt, Red Dutch Drumhead 



240. Cabbage butterfly (female), parent of the cabbage-worm. 



and Mammoth Rock Red, are good red cabbages. Among 

 the Savoys one might choose Perfection Drumhead, Early 

 Ulm, and Extra Early Paris, with a preference for 

 the earlier sorts. 



There are many ways of storing cabbages for winter 

 and spring use, none of which are uniformly success- 

 ful. Upon this point T. Greiner writes as follows: "I 

 have heretofore piled a lot of cabbages cut from the 

 stump in a conical heap in the field, and covered them 

 with clusters .of the outer leaves cut off with a piece 

 of the stump. The leaves are carefully placed over the 

 heap in shingle fashion, so as to shed water. Cab- 

 bages thus piled and covered may. be left out until 

 real- winter weather sets in. But I find that slugs and 

 earthworms frequently infest the cabbages thus stored, 

 and do a good deal of damage. It might be well to 



