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for cabbage. It used to be thought that the only cabbage land 

 worth anything was heavy clay land, or wet land. That is not 

 so. Any good corn land is good cabbage land. Tlie Win- 

 nigstadt will grow even on sandy soil. It is the most persistent 

 heading cabbage we have. 



In growing the cabbages you must take into account that 

 they are very hearty feeders. They want plenty of nitrogenous 

 manure, and ])hoPi)hates too. We want for a first-class crop of 

 Marblehead Mammoths, twelve cords to the acre, and in addi- 

 tion to that, we manure somewhat in the hill. Over our way, 

 we generally grow the Stone-mason and Foltlcr, and these are 

 our standard for the general market. There is no cabbage that 

 gives so much satisfaction as these. They are very uniform in 

 shape, and make a very large head. Our Stone-mason cab- 

 bage is an excellent cabbage. It is earlier than the Flat Dutch 

 by a fortnight, and grows a better shaped, harder and sweeter 

 head. 



Of Savoys, we generally grow the Green Globe Savoys. That 

 is our standard. It has been so perfected that for heading it is 

 as reliable as our Drumheads. We have also some very early 

 Savoys, as early as the Early York. There is a very nice cab- 

 bage, culled the Schweinfurth Quintal. It will not stand market- 

 ing, because "its head is very tender, but it is one of the best 

 cabbages I know for the family. The head is very large, not 

 very solid, and so tender you could push your hand through it. 

 It is excellent for cooking. For early cabbages, we grow the 

 Wyman, the Jersey Wakefield and the Winnigstadt, and there 

 are one or two other kinds that may amount to something. 



Question. How- many heads per acre ? 



Mr. Gregory. That depends upon the distance they are 

 apart. All the way from four to twelve thousand. 



Mv. ETowE, of Bolton. I noticed that you gave us the esti- 

 mated cost and profit of raising some of the root crops, but you 

 have not said anything about the cost and profit of raising 

 cabbages. 



Mr. Gregory. I have not the figures here, but generally we 

 should not go much outside of il50 to the acre, as the cost of 

 the crop. 



Mr. Howe. Did you ever make any money raising cabbages ? 



Mr. Gregory. I raise mine for seed. 



