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LATE CABBAGE AND SIMILAR CROPS 



Late cabbage should be planted on rich, moist soil, and every 

 care taken to conserve moisture and promote rapid growth (Fig. 

 76). Thorough and frequent tillage should be given. The plants 

 should be far enough apart to allow full development. Two and 

 one-half by three and one-half feet are good distances for large 

 growing varieties. In regions especially well adapted to late 

 cabbage, planting may be somewhat closer in order that the heads 

 may not grow too large; but in other localities the difficulty is 

 rather to make them grow large enough, and wide planting favors 



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Fig. 76. — Field of cabbage grown under irrigation, near Greeley, Colorado. 



larger development, since it makes later tillage possible and allows 

 each plant a larger foraging area, and hence more moisture and 

 more plant food. 



Cabbage worms are likely to be a serious enemy to the late 

 cabbage crop. Early in the season, the plants may be sprayed 

 with a mineral poison, such as Paris green or arsenate of lead; 

 but after they have commenced to head, applications of white 

 hellebore are considered preferable. This material may be applied 

 as the dry powder, or mixed with water at the rate of one pound 

 to fifty gallons and applied as a spray. 



