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much at different dates, and in different parts of the 

 country, that it is impossible to give anything like 

 accurate figures, the range being all the way from $2.00 

 to $12.00 per 100. Perhaps $4.00 would be a fair aver- 

 age for "Wakefield" and $5.00 for " Early Summer," 

 so that, counting 11,000 as the average per acre of the 

 former and 9,000 of the latter, we have respectively 

 $440.00 per acre for " Wakefield " and $450.00 for 

 " Early Summer." These are the wholesale prices for 

 large markets like New York. In smaller cities, where 

 the product is sold direct to the consumer, one-third 

 more would likely be obtained. 



LATE CABBAGE. 



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These are such as mature during the months of Sep- 

 tember, October, and November, the seed for which is 

 sown in open ground in May or June. Perhaps the best 

 date for sowing for the general crop is about the ist of 

 June. We always prefer to sow Cabbage seed for this 

 purpose in rows, ten or twelve inches apart, treading in 

 the seed with the feet after sowing and before covering. 

 We then level with a rake lengthwise with the rows, and 

 roll or beat down with the back of a spade, so as to 

 exclude the air from the soil and from the seed. Sown 

 in this way, Cabbage seed will come up strongly in the 

 driest weather, and is less likely to be afflicted with the 

 black flea than if it made a feeble growth. 



As the ground used for late Cabbage only yields one 

 crop, it will not often pay, unless manure is cheap and 

 abundant, to use it in the profusion required for the early 

 Cabbage, so that it is usual to manure in the hill, as is 

 done for the early crop, with stable manure; but when 

 that is not attainable, some concentrated fertilizer, such 



