HOW TO GROW CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER. 141 



sufficient quantities is not attainable, they are better 

 thus planted when manure has to be applied in the hill. 

 If applied in the hill, a good shovelful of stable manure 



HENDERSON'S EARLY SUMMER CABBAGE. 



should be used to each, mixing it well with the soil, but 

 raising the ' hill," so-called, no higher than the general 

 surface. 



RAISING OF CABBAGE PLANTS. 



The raising of plants for the early crop is a very im- 

 portant point. The great majority of plants for the early 

 crop are sown by the New York market gardeners 

 between the i5th and 2oth of September, that is, when 

 the "Early Wakefield " is used; but the " Early Sum- 

 mer " should not be sown until the 25th to the 3oth of 

 September. Careful attention is given to have the sow- 

 ings made as near as possible to these dates; for if 

 earlier, many of the plants will go to seed, particularly the 



