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country, that it is impossible to give anything like accu- 

 rate figures, the range being all the way from $2 to $12 

 per 100. Perhaps $4 would be a fair average for 

 "Wakefield" and 85 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 per 

 acre for "Wakefield" and $450 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 CABBAGES 



are such as mature during the months of September, 

 October and November, the seed for which is sown in 

 open ground in May or June. Perhaps the best date for 

 sowing for main crop is about the 1st of June. We al- 

 ways 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. When the plants 

 get too tall, mow two or three inches off the tops, which 

 will make them stouter and stronger rooted. As the 

 ground used for late Cabbage only yields one crop, unless 

 manure is cheap and abundant, it will not often pay to 

 use it in the profusion required for early Cabbages, 

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

 early crops, if with stable manure, but when that is not 

 attainable, some concentrated fertilizer, such as bone dust 

 or guano should be used, giving a good handful for each 

 hill, but being careful, of course, to mix it well with the 



