22 CABBAGES, HOW TO GROW THEM, ETC. 



Besides this green worm, there are found in Europe 

 four varieties of caterpillar variously marked, all of 

 which make great havoc among the cabbage tribe. 



The remedies given as successful, by writers and cor- 

 respondents, are sprinkling with clarified lime-water, 

 dusting with air-slaked lime, hellebore, or Scotch snuff. 

 An admixture of carbonate and carbolate of lime, dusted 

 on, has proved a protective in this country. Chickens 

 allowed to run freely among the growing plants, the hen 

 being confined in a movable coop, if once attracted to 

 them will fatten on them. This remedy might answer 

 very well for small plots. Water heated to the tempera- 

 ture of 160° and applied at once, being sprinkled over the 

 plants by a common brush broom, has proved a success ; 

 but at 180° it has injured the leaves. Large areas in 

 cabbage, in proportion to their size are, as a rule, far 

 less injured by insect enemies than small patches. 



CLUB OK STSJMP FOOT. 

 .- The great dread of every cabbage grower is a disease 

 of the branching roots, producing a bunchy, .gland-like 

 enlargement, known in different localities under the 

 name of club foot, stump foot, underground head, finger 

 and thumb. The result is a check in the ascent of the 

 sap, which causes a defective vitality. There arc two 

 theories as to the origin of club foot ; one that it is a 

 disease caused by poor soil, bad cultivation, and unsuita- 

 ble manures ; the other that the injury is done by an 

 insect enemy, Curculio contractus. It is held by some 

 that the maggots at the root are the progeny of the cab- 

 bage ilea ; this I doubt. This insect, " piercing the 

 skin of the root, deposits its eggs in the holes, lives 

 during a time on the sap of the plant, and then escapes 

 and buries itself for a time i:i the soil." 



