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and before the ground is harrowed, our best growers in 

 the vicinity of New York sow from 400 to 500 pounds of 

 guano or bone dust, and then harrow it in deeply, and 

 smooth over with the back of the harrow, when the bed. 

 is ready to receive the plants. 



In the vicinity of New York, and, in fact, now wher- 

 ever the business of market gardening is intelligently 

 followed, the two best kinds of Cabbage for the early 

 crop are recognized to be the " Early Jersey Wakefield" 

 and "Henderson's Early Summer" for general culture, 

 and to describe others of the scores* named would be only 

 confusing. "Jersey Wakefield" is the earliest and a 

 little the smallest, and is planted usually twenty-eight 

 inches between the rows and sixteen inches between 

 the plants, thus requiring from 10,000 to 12,000 plants 

 per acre. " Early Summer " grows a little larger, 

 and should be planted thirty inches apart and eighteen 

 inches between plants, requiring from 8,000 to 10,000 

 per acre. The reason for placing the rows so wide apart 

 and the plants so close in the rows, is to admit of a row 

 of Lettuce, Spinach or Radishes between the rows of 

 Cabbage. All of these vegetables mature quickly, and 

 can be cut out before the Cabbage grows enough to inter- 

 fere with them, and it is necessary that this double crop 

 should be taken off the land so as to help pay for the 

 manure that is so lavishly used, but which is absolutely 

 necessary to produce a good crop of Cabbages. Where 

 early Cabbages are grown alone, then it would be better 

 to plant about two or two and a half feet each way, so 

 that cross cultivation can be done ; and also in cases 

 where manure in sufficient quantities is not attainable, 

 they are better thus planted when manure has to be 

 applied in the hill. If applied in the hill, a good shov- 

 elful of stable manure should be used to each, mixing it 

 well with the soil, but raising the "hill," so-called, no 

 higher than the general surface. 



