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roots parallel with the row; the head will raise the plant 

 so that it will be on an angle of about 45 degrees. The 

 soil is drawn up well about the stalk, and for support 

 this is kept up as the plants advance in growth. 



In sections of Europe like England, where cabbage 

 withstands the winter in the open, the method prac- 

 ticed for raising cabbage seed is similar to the usage on 

 the northern Pacific Coast. The plants are allowed to 

 remain over winter where they are grown; transplant- 

 ing being done in autumn so as to toughen the tissues 

 and enable the plants to withstand the rigor of winter, 

 but this is not done in Oregon or Washington. 



Wintering Plants in the Open in Northern At- 

 lantic States. Those who care to take the risk of 

 wintering plants in the field may do so after the follow- 

 ing method. Sometimes nearly all the plants will 

 winter through safely, but then again, as most frequently 

 happens, but fifty to seventy-five per cent, of them will 

 survive. It will hardly answer for crops on a large 

 scale, owing to leaving so many open spaces for weeds 

 to grow, but may do for market gardeners who save 

 their own seeds. 



The plants are transplanted late in the fall, say about 

 November 1st, to the place in the field in which they 

 are to produce seed. As has been directed for setting 

 out in spring, this is done by plowing deep furrows four 

 feet apart for early varieties, five feet for late, and lay- 

 ing the plants therein two feet apart, with the roots 

 parallel with the furrow. The earth is then thrown in 

 and pressed over the root and stalk; the leaves are par- 

 tially covered, these being gathered about and over the 

 head. Toward the end of the month, or on approach 

 of winter, with plow and hoe, the plants are covered 

 completely with earth, sufficiently to protect the heads 

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