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GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



early varieties are Early Summer, Early Wakefield, Early 

 York, and Early Oxheart. As an intermediate variety 

 the Winningstadt is very popular ; it has a sharply con- 

 ical head, and sometimes grows quite large. 



For late varieties, the seed should be sown in May, and 

 the plants set out in July at two to three feet apart. For 



winter use the 

 large Drum- 

 head is usually 

 grown, to the 

 exclusion of all 

 others, and 

 while the Curl- 

 ed Savoy is 

 vastly better 

 flavored, not 

 one Savoy is 

 planted for 

 every thousand 

 Drumhea d. 

 The flavor of 

 the Savoy is as 

 superior to that 

 of the Drum- 

 head, as that 

 of a Bartlett 

 to that of a choke pear, and it is altogether the best late 

 cabbage for family use. 



CARROT, (Daucus Carota.) 



Carrots are sown any time from April to June, in rows 

 one foot apart, covering the seed two inches deep. If the 

 soil is light, they will be better flavored. When the plants 

 are an inch or so high, thin out to three or four inches 

 apart. The varieties most in use are Early French Forcing, 

 Early Horn and Long Orange. Eight ounces of seed will 



Fig. 76. VAEIETIES OF THE 

 CABBOT. 



Fig. 1. EARLY FEENCH FORCING. 

 Fig. 2. EARLY HORN. 

 Fig. 3. LONG ORANGE. 



