CABBAGE 305 



to varying soils was an important factor in leading 

 the primitive people of northern and central 

 Europe to cultivate the cabbage, and, having been 

 grown by the common people of these regions 

 under all sorts of conditions of soil and climate, 

 with more or less success, from prehistoric times 

 until the present, this power of adaptability has 

 been preserved. 



"The soil should be loose, friable and well pre- 

 pared, deep fall-plowing being advised. An ap- 



Fig. 57. Solid (at the left) and loose heads of cabbage. 



plication of ten to twenty tons of manure per acre 

 may be made before plowing. In spring, after 

 harrowing, an application of well -slaked lime, at 

 the rate of 1,000 pounds of quick-lime per acre, 

 may be made, and harrowed in. The harrowing 

 should be done before rain falls, otherwise the 

 lime cannot be so readily incorporated with the soil. 

 The advantages of lime for cabbage are recognized 

 by many growers, and one of its benefits is its action 



