CABBAGES AND CAULIFLOWERS 



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noted cabbage -grower, J. M. Lupton, suggests the 

 following plan for early winter sales: 'Take the cab- 

 bages up with the roots on, and store in well-venti- 

 lated cellars, where they will keep till mid-winter. Or 

 stack them in some sheltered position about the barn, 

 placing one above the other in tiers, with the roots 

 inside, and covering deeply with seaweed ; or if this 

 cannot be obtained, something like corn- stalks may be 

 used to keep them from the weather as much as possi- 



242. A good cauliflower head. Leaves trimmed off. 



ble (Fig. 241). When thus stored, they may be ob- 

 tained any time during the winter when prices are 

 favorable.' " 



CAULIFLOWERS, more imperatively than cabbages, de- 

 mand plenty of water and weather not too hot. When 

 they begin to head, the large leaves should be bent over 

 the inner part to whiten it. The earliest varieties may 

 often be grown in localities where cauliflowers succeed 

 only with difficulty. Extra-early Paris, Extra-early 



