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the field and to make a more rapid growth. (5) Trans- 

 planting is said to hasten the maturity of some plants. 



Some plants will stand transplanting much better 

 than others. Melons, cucumbers, corn, and squash are 

 harder to handle than cabbage, because they do not have 

 as fibrous root systems. They should be handled with a 

 good ball of earth and preferably be grown in pots or on 



Fig. 24. Showing methods of setting cabbage plants; /, with long 

 stem set deeply; 2, with top of stem twisted of? before planting; J, 

 wrapped in Manilla paper to protect from cutworms. 



sods, so as to disturb the root as little as possible. As a 

 rule, transplanting is more easily performed in humid 

 districts than in the drier sections of the West and Middle 

 West. 



Success in transplanting is dependent on a variety of 

 conditions. In moist weather the setting of plants in the 



