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sow the seed of the late cabbage. You can put the 

 seed into the row where you wish the plants to re- 

 main and thin them when two inches high, or you 

 can transplant the seedlings just as you do ordinary 

 cabbage. The plants should be 18 inches apart arid 

 should be kept well cultivated because we eat the 

 leaves and we want them to grow rapidly and be 

 tender. I have had many heads weighing eight and 

 ten pounds, so you see it needs room. 



Cabbage worms love Pe-tsai as well as ordinary 

 cabbage, so spray well with arsenate of lead to poi- 

 son them. Are you wondering whether the arsenate 

 of lead will poison you as well as the worms? It 

 might make you a little sick if you ate some leaves 

 with poison on them but you are not going to do 

 that. You see cabbage grows from the center and 

 the outside leaves expand as the inside leaves grow, 

 but the inside leaves are folded so closely about 

 each other no poison could get into them. When 

 you cut a cabbage always wash it carefully, then 

 peel off the outside leaves where the poison spray 

 has been and you will have a perfectly good clean 

 heart. 



Pe-tsai makes the best cold slaw or cabbage salad 

 I know of, and it is also very good when cooked. 



The best Japanese Radish to raise is the "Sak- 



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