174 How to Make the Garden Pay. 



mizing in the manure account. Fifty tons or more of good 

 stable compost per acre, besides liberal dressings of fertilizers, 

 wood ashes, nitrate of soda, etc., are no more than can be applied 

 with profit. Plow deeply and pulverize the ground thoroughly. 

 In early spring, as soon as the ground is ready (March or April, 

 earlier at the south) the plants are set 30 by 1 5 or 1 8 inches apart, 

 and cultivated and hoed frequently. This is the crop of all crops 

 with which irrigation, by any of the natural methods, if it can be 

 adopted without unreasonable expense, will pay. A plentiful 

 supply of moisture, either by such means, or in consequence of 

 frequent rains during the time of heading, insures a good crop. 



When the heads 

 begin to form, be 

 sure to clear out 

 the worms that may 

 be on the plants, by 

 the prompt use of 

 buhach, tar water, 

 or thymo-cresol, 

 and then gather 

 up some of the 

 large leaves over 

 the head, and tie 

 loosely to exclude 

 the direct sun rays. 

 __ This treatment 



Prize Earliest. k , ee P S th ,f. head j 



clean, white and 



delicate. For late crop, seed is sown in May or June, the plants 

 set out at same time as late cabbages, 3 by 2 or 3 feet apart, 

 according to variety. Same general treatment as for cabbages is 

 required, but soil should be richer. 



VARIETIES. 



Until now seed of all sorts had to be imported from abroad, 

 very little being grown near the Atlantic coast. An effort is 

 now being made to grow it on the Pacific coast, and it seems with 

 entire success. The American- grown seed is remarkably large 

 and plump, and gives strong plants. The heads I had from such 

 seed were not inferior to any from foreign seed. I have no doubt 

 that American seedsmen will soon offer only the home-grown, 

 especially since this promises to be the cheaper of the two. The 

 best foreign seed has always been excessively high-priced. 



Early Snowball, now recognized as the leading sort for 

 early use, probably is good for late also. A very reliable 

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