152 TRUCK-FARMING AT THE SOUTH. 



richer than for the later crop. Although cabbage re- 

 quires an open exposure, the seed-bed may be under the 

 partial shade of trees, but not near enough to be under 

 their drip. If the seed-bed is protected by a screen, it 

 should be high enough (seven to eight feet) and open 

 enough to admit air and light. A mat made of our com- 

 mon large cane admits of removal occasionally, and the 

 thickening of the stem at the joints prevents the total 

 exclusion of air and light. The plants for this crop are 

 generally put out from August to the middle of October. 

 There is no material difference in the management of the 

 two crops. Cabbages are shipped in grain sacks or bar- 

 rels to the West and the upper interior cities of Georgia. 

 The prices in Atlanta were from two and a half to five 

 cents per pound, at wholesale, for the crop of 1882. 



It is now impossible to say what were the insect enemies 

 of the cabbage in the country where it was indigenous, and 

 before its succulence and delicacy had increased and its 

 cultivation had extended over so large a part of the globe. 

 We have imported two of its pests: the Rape-butterfly and 

 the Cabbage plant-louse from Europe, and may in turn 

 export some of our native plagues to other countries. 

 The cabbage is certainly more infested by destructive in- 

 sects than any other cultivated vegetable. Those to the 

 attacks of which it is subject at the South, are: 



1. The Wavy-striped Flea-beetle (Haltica striolata). 



2. The Cabbage Botys (Botys repetitalis). 



3. Cabbage Plutella (Plutella cruciferarum). 

 [/4. The Cabbage Plusia (Plusia Irassicce}. 



^ 5. The Rape Butterfly (Pier is rap). 



v 6. The Pot-herb Butterfly (Pier is oleracea). 



v 7. The Southern Cabbage Butterfly (PierisProtodice). 



/ 8. The Zebra Caterpillar (Mamestra picta). 



^ 9. The Cabbage Pionea (Pionea rimosalis). 



10. The Cabbage Plant-louse (Aphis brassica). 



J' 11. The Harlequin Bug (Strachia histrionicd). 



