CHAPTER VII 



CABBAGE 



Although cabbage is not a common crop 

 grown on muck, it can be grown very suc- 

 cessfully. Muck deposits furnish exactly 

 the requirements demanded by cabbage a 

 cool, moist situation, particularly affording 

 the condition of a constant moisture supply, 



Varieties. It is not advisable to try to 

 grow early varieties, because muck soils are 

 not of the early type. Such varieties as 

 Danish Ball Head, Volga, Flat Dutch, All 

 Season, Succession, Houser and many others 

 of the midseason and late sorts are the kinds 

 to grow. 



Some care should be exercised to secure 

 seed from growers or dealers who have rela- 

 tively high-producing strains. The Penn- 

 sylvania station gives the results of several 

 years' tests of strains of different varieties, 

 showing a marked difference in the yielding 

 qualities of any one sort from different 

 sources. Buy none but the best tested seed. 



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