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varieties in drills 18 inches apart and 15 inches be- 

 tween the plants in the rows. Main-crop varieties 

 should be 24 inches between the rows and 18 inches 

 between the plants. In transplanting cabbages, and 

 other green crops, the plants should be carefully 

 dug from the seed-bed, each with a ball of roots 

 and moist soil, watering them first if need be. 

 Plant, preferably with a trowel, in holes wide and 

 deep enough to take the roots easily. The soil 

 should then be made very firm around them. 



Regular surface cultivation between the rows of 

 cabbages and other green crops is very impor- 

 tant, and if this is attended to they require very 

 little further attention after they are into active 

 growth. 



Savoy Cabbage (Brassica okracea bullata). This 

 plant, except in its wrinkled foliage, is very similar 

 to the ordinary cabbage, and requires the same 

 treatment as regards soil and manuring. It should 

 also be raised and transplanted on the same lines. 

 Sow about the end of April an early and a late hardy 

 variety, and plant out in June on firm soil from which 

 an early crop of some sort has been taken. Plant 

 dwarf early varieties 18 inches between the rows 

 and 15 between the plants ; stronger-growing late 

 varieties should be allowed 24 inches between the 

 rows, and the plants 18 inches apart. 



Dwarf Green Curled and Reliance are good dwarf 

 varieties, while Ormskirk is an excellent stronger- 

 growing sort. If a very large savoy is wanted, 

 Drumhead may be selected. 



Red or Pickling Cabbage. Sow in March and 

 plant out, 24 inches by 18 inches, when the seedlings 



