CABBAGE. 



The Cabbage requires a deep, rich soil and thorough working. If these requirements are met 

 and good seed planted, there is no difficulty in obtaining fine, solid heads. For early use, the 



plants should be started in a hot-bed or cold-frame ; but seed for winter Cabbage should be sown 

 in a seed-bed, early in the spring. Some gardeners prefer to grow plants for early spring Cab- 

 bage in a frame in the autumn, protecting them with boards or matting during the winter, but 

 without good care plants saved in this way often prove a loss. In a mild climate, plants may 

 not only be started in the autumn, but transplanted, and will make considerable growth during 

 the winter season. Some varieties seem to do best if the seed is sown in the hills where they 

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are to remain ; and this is particularly the case with the Marblehead varieties. Sow two or three 

 seeds where each plant is desired, and then pull up all but the strongest. The large varieties 

 require to be planted about three feet apart ; the small, early sorts, from a foot to eighteen inches. 



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