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is true the reader will think of other sorts, as 

 cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, etc. To the pro- 

 fessional gardener these are all- the-y ear-round 

 vegetables. If the amateur becomes so interested 

 in his garden as to have cold-frames and hot-beds, 

 he will learn from more extended works how to 

 manage these. He will winter over the cabbage 

 and kindred vegetables for his earliest supply, hav- 

 ing first sown the seed in September. I do not 

 take the trouble to do this, and others need not, 

 unless it is a source of enjoyment to them. As 

 soon as the ground is fit to work in spring, I 

 merely write to some trustworthy dealer in plants 

 and obtain twenty-five very early cabbage, and 

 twenty-five second early, also a hundred early 

 cauliflower. They cost little, and are set out in 

 half an hour as soon as the ground is fit to work 

 in spring. I usually purchase my tomato, late cab- 

 bage, and cauliflower, celery and egg-plants, from 

 the same sources. Cabbages and cauliflowers 

 should be set out in rich warm soils, free from 

 shade, as soon as the frost is out. After that they 

 need only frequent and clean culture and vigilant 

 watchfulness, or else many will fall victims to a 

 dirty brown worm which usually cuts the stem, 

 and leaves the plant lying on the ground. The 

 worm can easily be found near the surface the mo- 

 ment it begins its ravages, and the only remedy 



