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permanent grounds as soon as large and stout enough. 

 They will head in May and June. Plant the earliest 

 varieties two feet apart each way ; the second early or 

 medium, three feet, the late varieties four feet apart. 

 Sow the seed moderately thick, in drills half an inch 

 deep and eighteen inches apart. Late varieties should be 

 sown in May, transplanted in July, to head up during 

 the fall for winter use. 



Select none but the richest soil, or make it absolutely 

 rich, or you had better not undertake to grow the cab- 

 bage. One hundred two-horse wagon loads of good 

 stable manure, or 125 loads of cow lot manure, is a very 

 light application per acre for cabbages ; never use less 

 than this, and run it up to 400 loads if practicable, or in 

 lieu thereof 2000 pounds of ammoniated superphosphate 

 of lime per acre. Plow in thoroughly and deeply ; plow 

 and cross plow and harrow until the soil is thoroughly 

 pulverized ; plow as near eighteen inches deep as pos- 

 sible. The cabbage must have moisture, and deep plow- 

 ing will give it to ypu and retain it. 



It is useless to plant more than four varieties. You 

 will find twenty to thirty varieties named in the cata- 

 logues, but three or four will comprehend every class. 

 Select one of the earliest, one second early or summer, 

 one late or winter, and one of the Savoys. This crop is 

 profitable when properly managed ; cultivate frequently 

 and always shallow, and keep scrupulously clean until 

 the heads begin to -appear unless the plants lap between 

 the rows sooner. 



Perhaps the best way to plant the seed is in a cold 

 frame under glass. This protects the young plants from 

 severe cold during winter, as well as from the destructive 

 insects of spring or summer. Always in transplanting, 

 set the young plants down to the leaves, no matter how 

 long the shank. 



