200 THE CAMPAIGN IN SEPTEMBER. 



more for this delicious vegetable than for a 

 coarse head of cabbage, and as a crop it is very 

 uncertain. If one has soil suitable for it, and 

 can develop a demand at high prices, it will pay 

 well. Early Erfurt and Early Parris are perhap? 

 the best for wintering over. 



I have also tried the experiment of sowing 

 beet seed in the fall, but without much success. 

 Noticing that some small beets left in the old bed 

 during the winter developed into large roots very 

 early in the season, it occurred to me that by 

 sowing the seed in September they might live 

 till the following spring, and would then be fit 

 for market in May, when they would bring a 

 large price. A few survived, but the majority 

 died under the severe frost. I do not think my 

 plants attained sufficient size before winter, and 

 perhaps with greater care in covering more 

 would have lived. At any rate, I was not 

 satisfied with the experiment, and shall try it 



