HOW TO GROW CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER. 14$ 



April. For it must be always borne in mind that Cab- 

 bage, being a hardy plant, when wanted for an early 

 crop, should be set out in spring in any section as soon 

 as the land is dry enough to work. As a guide, we may 

 say, that whenever spring crops of Rye, Wheat, or Oats 

 can be sown, Cabbage may safely be planted in the open 

 field; for if the plants have been properly hardened, they 

 will not be injured after being planted out, even by eight 

 or ten degrees of frost. 



The conditions in the different Southern States are so 

 varied that it is not easy to give directions. It may be 

 taken, however, as a general rule, that in any section of 

 the country where the thermometer does not fall lower 

 than 15 above zero, Cabbage seed should be sown about 

 October ist, the plants left (without covering) in the 

 seed-beds all winter, and transplanted to the open ground 

 as soon as it is fit to work in the spring, say in February 

 or March. In some sections, where the fall weather 

 continues fine into November, transplanting is done in 

 that month where the crop is' to mature. 



CULTIVATION. 



After planting in the field, no crop takes so kindly to 

 hoeing or cultivating as* Cabbage. In ten days after 

 the planting is finished, cultivation should begin. If the 

 Cabbages have been set two or two and a half feet apart 

 e%ch way, then the horse cultivator is the best pulverizer; 

 but if a crop has been sown or planted between the rows 

 of Cabbage, then a hand or wheel hoe can only be used. 

 We ourselves now use the wheel hoe exclusively, and 

 find it a saving of three-fourths in labor, with the work 

 better done. 



The price at which early Cabbage is sold now varies so 



