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CABBAGE 



A S CHILDREN of cold, moist climates, all cabbages 

 ** thrive best in cool sections that enjoy an abundance 

 of rainfall. The cabbage family is large, as a thorough 

 study will reveal. The wild cabbage is the common an- 

 cestor of borecole, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, 

 kale, kohlrabi, and many other popular vegetables. 

 Cabbages proper are divided into three classes, namely: 

 "white," or common cabbage, "savoy" or crinkly leaved 

 cabbage, and red cabbage. 



Cabbage is one of the few vegetables that may be 

 enjoyed the year around. It is easily grown from seeds, 

 the plants thrive in most any soil, and have but few easily 

 combated insect enemies. A large choice of varieties 

 acclimated to many soils, seasons, and climates, make the 

 growing of cabbage an easy matter for the man who 

 likes this vegetable. Full instructions for making a suc- 

 cess of raising cabbage are given on pages 67-76. 



