PRACTICAL GARDENING 



slugs may find it. A board sprinkled with 

 corn meal may be placed in the garden close 

 to the soil. After sunrise lift the board and it 

 is usually covered with slugs on the under 

 side; sprinkle a little salt on the slugs or de- 

 stroy them with boiling water. 



If during the warm days the cabbage plant 

 wilts and the head does not form as it should, 

 the plant may have clubroot. Large swellings 

 appear on the root, finally rot and go into the 

 soil. The soil is then infected, and cabbage 

 and all kindred plants such as cauliflower, 

 turnips, mustard, Brussels sprouts, and kale 

 should not be grown on the soil. Apply a lit- 

 tle lime to the soil each fall for at least seven 

 years. One-fourth ounce of seed will pro- 

 duce seven hundred and fifty plants. 



Cauliflower. The seed of cauliflower should 

 be planted about the same time as cabbage and 

 given the same treatment. 



The soil should be rich and capable of hold- 

 ing moisture. Cauliflower cannot mature in 

 dry soil. During a drought, providing the 



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