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QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



Club Root, 



Cabbage. 



Wakefield 

 Cabbage. 



ent ages and different soil producing varying results. We recommend 

 that an entire crop should not be planted at once, but set out at intervals 

 of ten daj's. Cabbages on heavy hammock land are more injured by cold 

 than on lighter soil. 



Under good conditions and management about eighty per cent, of the 

 plants in a cabbage field should, on an average, produce marketable 

 heads, though sometimes ninety-five per cent, have been marketed. Mar- 

 ket gardeners in Pliiladelphia, on an average, realize a net profit of about 

 one cent per head. The pickle houses pay about $8 per ton delivered at 

 their factories. 



54. Q. What is the cause of club root in my cabbage ? 

 A. A fungus growth superinduced by rank manure or by constantly 



cropping the same land in cabbage. 



55. Q. Why do only half my cabbage produce good heads? 

 A. Not planted early enough. Given time all cabbages will head, 



unless mongrel sorts. 



5G. Q. What are the qualities going to constitute a good Wakefield 

 cabbage ? 



A. The head should be an obtuse or blunt-pointed cone, much the 

 greatest diameter at the base. The leaves should extend up and above 

 the apex of the head, to afford length for a perfect folding over and solid 

 formation. The leaves should be close set, smooth, broad, even edged, 

 and dark and leathery, and the leaf stem should be feathered to the joint. 

 The dark leathery quality of the leaves is indicative of hardiness. 



The stalk of a well-grown plant should be short, so that the head 

 appears to almost rest upon the earth. 



Early maturity and mammoth size are not found united in Wakefields 

 any more than in any other plants. 



57. Q. What constitutes a good Summer cabbage ? 



A. Heads half or three quarters flat, the stems short, heads broad, deep 

 and solid, leaves spoon-formed, color blue-green with marrow-like veins 

 and completely crossing each other as they fold down over the head, 

 which in the centre should be slightly rounded. 

 Late Cabbage 58. Q. What are the qualities constituting a good Late Flat Dutch 

 cabbage ? 



A. This variety must be of a vigorous habit to develop the size most 

 desired, the leaves must be broad, of a metallic blue green color, slightly 

 fluted on the edge and folding clear over the centre of the head, which 

 should be broad, deep and flat. The color of the leaves often indicates the 

 order of maturity, the light-green plants being early, the deepest blue 

 being late. There are probably a dozen forms of Late Flat Dutch, known 

 by as many names — all cannot be the best, although some may be called 

 Premium, others Matchless, others Superb. 



59. Q. Which is the best cabbage for late Autumn planting in the 

 Southern States for Spring markets? 



A. The varieties best adapted are those of leathery leaves and dark- 



Summer 

 Cabbage 



Cabbage for 

 the South. 



