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soil. Use 75 to 100 bushels stone lime an 

 acre. Keep all such crops away from land 

 for five or six years, as the disease will live 

 over several years in the soil. All diseased 

 parts of plants should be collected and 

 burned. 



Other diseases of the cabbage are less com- 

 mon and notice of them will not be given 

 here. Growers interested in other diseases 

 of the cabbage are referred to other books on 

 cabbage growing published by Orange Judd 

 Company, 315 Fourth Avenue, New York 

 City. 



Harvesting and Marketing. In harvest- 

 ing cabbage, the operator strips down the 

 outside leaves by striking them with the hand. 

 A knife such as a butcher knife or square 

 blade is inserted against the stem close to 

 the base of the cabbage head. At the same 

 time, the head is bent toward the knife, thus 

 aiding in the ease of severing the head from 

 the remainder of the plant. The head may 

 be turned upside down as the blanched base 

 will attract notice later when it is to be col- 

 lected, or it may be placed in a basket, box or 

 barrel. The cabbage is now ready for 

 marketing. 



