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TRANSPLxVNTED CROPS 



though some of the outer leaves may be broken off during 

 the operation. 



With early planting, thorough tillage, an abundance of moist- 

 ure and rich soil, there is usually no difficulty in growing a good 

 crop of early cabbage for June cutting in the corn belt. In the 

 South it may be grown as a winter crop, and in the far North it 

 may be grown an}^ time in the summer. Occasionally cabbage 

 worms attack the crop after the plants have begun to head. They 

 may be held in check by sprinlvling with almost any kind of dry 

 dust while the plants are wet with dew. Air-slaked lime, white 

 hellebore or dry road dust may be used. 



Fig. 71. 



Fig. 72. 



Fig. 71. — A cauliflower head as it is likely to develop when the weather is too hot and drj\ 

 Fig. 72. — A typical head of early cauliflower as grown in a favorable season in the corn belt. 



EARLY CAULIFLOWER 



Early cauliflower demands much the same conditions as early 

 cabbage, but is unable to endure as cool or as warm temperatures, 

 and is much more seriously affected by unfavorable conditions. 

 It is very sensitive to drought and to sudden changes in tempera- 

 ture. If the plants are stunted by too cold weather or insufficient 

 moisture, or excessive heat, the heads may either fail to form, or 

 form prematurely while the plants are small and weak and unable 

 to produce heads of marketable size, or break into irregular 

 growths with circlets of leaves scattered through the head (Fig. 

 71). On the whole, early cauliflower is a much more uncertain 

 crop than early cabbage unless all conditions of soil and tempera- 



