4:2 GARDENING FOB YOUNG AND OLD. 



have a fancy that the yellow Mangel makes yellower 

 butter than the red. Probably this is nothing but fancy. 

 I have weighed a big crop of Long Red and Yellow 

 Globe Mangel, growing side by side in the same field, and 

 the scales indicated very little difference in the two crops. 

 The general impression, however, is that the Long Red 

 will produce a larger crop per acre than the Ovoid or 

 Globe varieties. 



THE CABBAGES. 



The Cabbage is well worth studying. Some people 

 have got in the habit of sneering at cabbage growers. 

 It is a fact, that a man who cannot read or write will 

 sometimes beat the best of us in growing cabbages. His 

 success, however, is not due to his ignorance. You will 

 find he has thoroughly studied the wants of the vegetable. 

 If he knows nothing else he knows how to grow cabbages. 



Cabbages require preeminently rich land. It must be 

 preternaturally rich. People say that land which will 

 produce corn will produce cabbages. I doubt it. Land 

 may be rich enough for a good crop of corn that is not 

 rich enough to produce even a fair crop of cabbages. The 

 reason of this probability is, that corn is a natural crop, 

 while the cabbage is an artificial production. We do not 

 raise cabbages for seed as we do corn. We raise it for 

 the heads or tender leaves or sprouts. Naturally it runs 

 up to seed the first year, but this is not what we want. 

 We want a cabbage that will grow rapidly and produce a 

 large mass of leaves good for food. For this purpose we 

 require a well-trained, or cultivated variety, having this 

 artificial character thoroughly established. We also want, 

 and must have, very rich land. 



Early cabbages require richer land than the late varie- 

 ties. But you can grow twice as many plants on an acre. 

 I know one gentleman who makes a great deal of money 



