CAF 



s, when grown without check, will come into 

 heading condition in about ninety days from the seed, 

 and the time necessary for the different sorts to perfect 

 heads varies from that to some 200 days for the latest. 

 In about sixty days from the seed the plant will be as 

 large as can be piofltablj transplanted, so that when 

 plants can be safely set out of door' 

 seed should be sown early in Fcbru 

 ing to be determined b\ the locnl 

 We thmk the best plan i^ to so^^ 

 about i inches deep and of en 

 filled with lather he1^ y but ^ i ' 

 the seed in drills about _ in I 

 ten seeds to the inch 1 1 

 light and air, and the gre it i 



followed h^ stime u( ( es 

 the open ground m Sept 

 frames m late October or 

 through the winter m i do 

 tioii Such plants liting% 

 nuil if ill goe^\\ell will 



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small roller, or. best of all, the foot ; this firming of the 

 soil is often quite essential to success. It is sometimes 

 the case that, in spite of all our efforts, the seed-bed be- 

 comes so dry that seed will not germinate. In such cases 

 one can often get a good stand by watering the ground 

 before planting filling the drills two or three times with 



till 



,ht 1 



thin spring pi lutmg For the litti i ^ i i 1 i ( it 

 the north, and for those parts of the south whtiu no pn 

 tection IS necessary seed is sown m beds out of dooi 

 For this purpose, select a well drimed 1 vel spot of 

 rich f liable soil as near the field where the crop is to 

 be grown as pi i ticable and get it into the best possible 

 condition as t tilth and moisture by repeated cultiva 

 tion In the latitu le of Ivew York the latter part of 

 Mu r the hi t of June is considered the best time fo- 



water and when it has settled away sow the seed and 

 cover with dry earth well pressed down In most eases 

 an attempt to wet the bed 1 \ sjimklnv either before 

 or aftei the seed is j 1 mt I will 1 m i li nm than 

 good \s soon IS til f iiiii^ 111 I _i und the 

 surtic e should be c n liii[\ tin Iwnli i 1 nul this 

 should be repeated It 1 i It u i in tim i week 



un,til the plants are t d I u I th li 11 



A full stand of health^ ^ 11 t il lishc 1 plants is of 

 great importance an 1 d es mu 1 t wiids assuring a 

 profatal le cr | So important is it that many growers 

 wait t r 1 in ! w th r 1 t i s tt i ^ regardless of the 

 istake in doing 



far 



thi: 



be bts 



ill de 



lesirable 

 t are set at the 



I nserved by 

 1 inimedi- 



1 1 I 1 e given 



1 1 1 uld be 



1 1 1 tected 



I I Just how 

 up 11 e ich planter's 



circumstances and the help he has at his command. 



which IS of especial 

 at IS that the roots 

 v,s. This is often 

 t the transplanting 

 i s fault. A Cabbage 

 iiiis to suffer much 

 ft' instead of folded 





295. Georgia Collards. 



soon as fairly up. Some growers sow the seed and leave 

 the plants much thicker, but we think it pays to give 

 them plenty of room. The seed should be lightly cov- 

 ered, and the soil pressed firmly over it with the "hoe, a 



There is one point in trans 

 importance with Cabbage 

 are not doubled back uj" 

 done by careless nieii. an 



machines are worthless I 



plant so set never does w 

 more than if the root had 



The Cabbage is very dependent upon a proper supply 



of water, and sulf ers more from the want of it than most 



actfii- . : I lit cause of failure. Men seem to 



think:!-. ,' ihr plant is a rank feeder, all that is 



neci-^-:ii\ i^ ;iii .iiiiii.lant supply of food, and set them 

 enrich, black soils, made up chiefly of vegetable mat- 

 ter, but so open that they quickly dry out during sum- 

 mer droughts and the plants die or fail to do well, or 

 on lands so poorly drained that in a wot time the ground 

 is flooded and thr- plants drowned out. Not only should 

 we select gronnil wIhv.. th.- natural watrr sii]iply is 

 good, but one v. In-n- th,- jihy^iral .•iiii.liTi.in. are such 

 that we can conserve the s.mI incisture by l'ni|iient and 

 thorough cultivation, be.th betV.re and aftn- netting the 

 plants.^ 

 For the highest possible development, the 



