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CABBAGE 



distribution and the degree to which the plant-food has 

 become immediately available is of equal or greater 

 importance than the quantity. Land can be put into 

 the best condition for raising a maximun crop by a 

 heavy dressingof stntile manure, thoroughly worked into 

 a wcll-ilr.nni-il. l.jaiiiv soil, .•m.l r.'|M-ntin.' flu- process 



yearly f.'i^ -.', .Tiil . ,, -.1, . \ 1 n li-a-.n r .li'.' ,Mng of 



manui'i' ,,.,:,,,.., , ; ,. ,^ •: :•. , ■■ '.iri, has 



1 stable manure cannot 

 supplemented by com- 

 I as to contain about 

 • f available phosphoric 



If we depend entirely 

 ■ 111 L'. 000 to3,000 pounds 

 ix-it that upon all ordi- 

 al<kuess of a crop of 

 ni the amount of avail- 

 it -food and the degree 



moist, and more with 

 •ured by frequent and 



acid and about ^ix «-l 

 upon fertilizers, we shoii 

 to the acre, and \m- ^In.ii 

 nary soils the \iilii ;it 

 Cabbage is lart- > I , .i. m 

 able and evenl\ >: 

 to which the s.nl 

 conditions whi<-li > mh i>i 

 thorough cultivation. 



Diseases and Soira op the Most Common Insect 

 Pests. — CZi(6-TOo/.— This is the effect of a fungus {Plas- 

 midiophora Brasslcm), which develops within the cells 

 of the root, causing them to become distorted and the 

 plant to develop imperfectly or die. On the death of 

 the plant, the spores of the fungus become mixed with 

 the soil, where they lie dormant until roots of some 

 other host-plant come in contact with them, and t&e 

 conditions are favorable for their development. They 

 develop within several of our common weeds, and we 

 believe that the spores are to be found in most of our 

 cultivated fields, and need only favorable conditions to 

 develop. We ha e foun I tl it tl e d ease s seldom 

 troublesome except where the c Itural cond t ons par 

 ticularly as to mo st re are nfavoral le to the Cab 

 bage, and that the best prevent f I t 



to the health and v gor of the ] 1 W 



practical remedy where a plant 



Flea Beetle —A small qu I 

 (Phylloheta tit t } ] 1 



seedlings before tl 1 f I 1 1 



tending to the i i I 1 al aj a u e le 1 n 



protecting o r 1 I I 



dust, used 11 11 I 



may be tw ce a 1 V 1 



the tobacco as so a tl t r t 

 great deal eas er to keep them o: 

 after they areionce there 



Cabbage Moot Mar/got (PJorl a Br «•! ir) 

 the larva of a fly very mu h I ke the comn on hou 

 though a I ttle smaller They appear in the lat 



1 depends upon us ng 

 cetles appear It is a 

 ' than to d slodge then 



Ths IS 



A modern Cabbage head— Ea ly Flat Dutch 



of Detroit early m May, and the female deposits her 

 eggs in the ground at or close to the plant, usually put- 

 ting her abdomen into the opening in the soil formed 

 by the movement of the plant by the wind. The eggs 

 hatch in a few days, and the maggots feed upon the 

 roots and soon destroy them. An effective but costly 



CABBAGE 



preventive, only practicable for use on early plants of 

 high prospective value, is to surround the plants with 

 shields formed of octagon pieces of tarred paper about 

 three inches across and having a small hole in tl e cen- 

 ter from which there is a slit to one tdge b\ nieaus of 



298 Section of Cabbage head 



Showing the thlckentil r.uhii .iiid le.if stalks, and 1 



buds D the axils 





that 



pai-t 



ho 11 



1 It 



arly 



to catch as many as pos 1 le before they have la d their 



eggs In tl e see 1 bed the maggot can 1 e destroyed by 



1 1 Iti 1 of carbon about tl e roots from a 



] t nto a hole an I qu ckly closing 



111 I lanl Bull 8 Cor ell Exp Sta.). 



// / Wor (P rs if ;(e) -We hafe 



I I r t t g our ^ oung plants from 



11 k n and water in 



1 I 1 gs As the plants 



I 1 I 1 n olject enable, 



I 1 I 1 u powder wh ch, if 



Ha est nc storusG and Marketing —Nearly all 



fa 11 gro n crop of Cal bage of a good stock will 



t r t al o t the same t me an 1 wh le the earlier 



n n pr me cond t on b t a few days, the 



r mi n so for t vo or three weeks and can be 



I to be salable for several months Often the 

 f tl e crop can be delajed to advantage by 



I I 1 11 tie plants and pres ng them o er to 

 111 1 r 1 s usually marketed from 



tl 1 1 1 e ng sent forward n open 



t to ten dozen heads The 



it tor 



1 open or veil ventilated 

 ! stored 1 11 spr ng We 

 h 1 1 pr d nethods 

 ' I n condi 



tl 1 t an 1 most certa nl least ti r 



the latitude of Detroit, is t 1 s is fol 



lows : Plow and replow s( I ] of wtU 



drained sandy land where tl in is no d mgir from sur 

 face water, and open a trench some 10 inches deep and 

 about 20 inches wide. Then pull the Cabbages, remove 

 a few of the outer leaves, stand them on their heads for 



