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taken out, and is still of good shape when seen in the mar- 

 ket in April and May. In selecting seed for our most val- 

 uable crops we should either grow it ourselves or buy of 

 those who do grow it honestly and carefully, but never rely 

 on such dealers as those who profess honesty yet never sell 

 a package of anything without labelling it, "While we 

 exercise the greatest care to have all Seeds pure and 

 reliable, we do not give any warranty expressed or implied. 

 If the purchaser does not accept the seeds on these condi- 

 tions, they must be returned at once." For if the seed 

 seller can't be sure of what he is selling, how can the seed 

 buyer be sure of what he is getting ? 



Cabbage is quite a speciality among the farmers around 

 Lowell, where it is extensively grown for winter and spring 

 market. The Stone Mason of the best strains is the only 

 variety planted to any amount, unless through ignorance or 

 to save time somebody goes to the store for their seed, and 

 then they raise a great variety of fodder and possibly a few 

 heads of varied shapes and colors, but most of the farmers 

 about there know their business too well to be caught nap- 

 ping that way. They believe in manuring heavily, plowing 

 or harrowing it in, though sometimes putting it in the hill if 

 the quantity is limited, and many of them use a little phos- 

 phate in the hill. For manure they go to Lowell or buy in 

 Boston. They plant the seed in the hills where the plants 

 arc to grow and mature, from the first to the middle of 

 June, and often set plants as late as the middle or last of 

 July, if they have a little room to use where some early 

 crop has been removed, but the heaviest crops are grown 

 without transplanting. The cabbage crop should be culti- 

 vated and hoed often and thoroughly until the plants cover 

 the ground ; from three to four hoeings will be required to 

 keep the crop clean and doing well. Winter cabbages will 

 be ready to put away from the middle of October to the 

 10th of November, being about the last crop to harvest, 

 unless we except turnips, for they are not injured by light 

 or (piite heavy frosts, and though the ground may freeze a 

 little they will be unhurt ; yet it is better to get them in a 



