140 GARDEN AND FARM TOPICS. 



from 10,000 to 12,000 plants per acre. The "Early 

 Summer " grows a little larger. Our prize head, received 

 in August, 1883, weighed 24 pounds. It was grown by 



HENDERSON'S SELECTED EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGE. 



Mr. George Hattie, Fallston, Penn. It should be planted 

 30 inches apart and 18 inches between the plants, requir- 

 ing from 8,000 to 10,000 per acre. 



The reason for placing the rows so wide apart and the 

 plants so close in the rows is to admit of a row of Let- 

 tuce, Spinach, or Radishes between the rows of Cabbage. 

 All of these vegetables mature quickly, and can be cut 

 out before the Cabbage grows enough to interfere with 

 them, and it is necessary that this double crop should be 

 taken off the land so as to help pay for the manure that 

 is so lavishly used, but which is absolutely necessary to 

 produce a good crop of Cabbages. Where early Cab- 

 bage is grown alone, it would be better to plant about 

 two or two and a half feet each way, so that cross culti- 

 vation can be done; and also, in cases where manure in 



