CHAPTER XIII 



FAMILY CRUCIFER^E 



THIS family ranks high in the number of impor- 

 tant cultivated plants that it contains. Of the 

 truck crops of economic importance may be men- 

 tioned the Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, col- 

 lard, horseradish, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, radish, 

 rutabaga, sweede, turnip, and watercress. 



According to the Thirteenth Census of the United 

 States, the area devoted to cabbage in 1909 in all the 

 States was 125,998 acres, and the total crop was val- 

 ued at $9,719,641. The important cabbage States, 

 ranked according to area, were as follows : New York, 

 Wisconsin, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, 

 New Jersey, Texas, Michigan, California, Maryland, 

 Florida, Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minne- 

 sota, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, Ala- 

 bama, Tennessee, and Kansas. States with less than 

 1000 acres are omitted. 



The total area of cauliflower in 1909 in the United 

 States was estimated at 3466 acres and the total 

 crop was valued at $602,885. The States which 

 produced most of the crops are: New York, Cali- 

 fornia, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Florida. 



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