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PROSPECTS 



quently over 3000 quarts of miniature cabbage 

 heads per acre, which sell at 10 to 30 cents per 

 quart. Average net returns $555 per acre, but 

 the market is limited. 



Cabbage average twenty-two tons per acre. 

 Price from $8 to $10 per ton. Easy to grow, 

 gather and pack. One grower netted $935 from 

 three acres. 



Cabbage seed, one of the specialties of Long 

 Island, which is the biggest producer, nets over 

 $400 per acre, but is not an easy crop to grow. 



Cauliflower, where there is a good rainfall, is 

 a delicacy that can be grown in large quantities 

 in the open air. The crop requires care, but pro- 

 tected and blanched, its floweret-formed head 

 nets a profit per acre averaging over two hundred 

 dollars. 



Other vegetables easily raised and profitable, 

 although not common, include cardon and chard, 

 of the artichoke family; sea-kale, leek, lentils, 

 corn-salad, kohlrabi, celeriac, and egg-plant. But 

 with all these you must be sure of your market in 

 order to be likely to get a profit. Chard may be 

 made by cutting back Globe artichoke leaves and 



