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Early WinningStadt, Second early. Heads large, com- 

 pact, very pointed ; smooth, bright, glossy green leaves ; 

 stalk rather short. 



LATE CABBAGES. 



They are not generally grown by market-gardeners in the 

 immediate vicinity of New York, as it would not pay 

 them near so well as the early, and, moreover, a second 

 crop could not be taken from the ground the same year. 

 They are, however, grown extensively on Long Island, 

 partly within carting distance of New York, and a con- 

 siderable quantity is. sent in from different places by rail- 

 road and vessels. 



The soil and climate of Long Island seem to suit them, 

 and some of the finest cabbages I ever saw were grown 

 in this section. 



In any farming district where late cabbages will suc- 

 ceed well, they are worthy the attention of farmers; for 

 it not unfrequently happens that in the city markets dur- 

 ing the fall and winter months they^bring very high 

 prices, and almost always sell high enough to insure 

 profit to the grower ; but in case of a glut, and consequent 

 low prices, they can be used for feeding stock, and are 

 very valuable for that purpose. 



Soil and Preparation, The remarks on soil in refer- 

 ence to early cabbage are equally applicable to the late 

 varieties. The preparation must, however, necessarily 

 be quite different, as the late kinds would not pay for 

 such liberal quantities of manure as are bestowed upon 

 the early crop, nor yet do they require it. Late cabbages 

 are grown as a second crop, following early potatoes, 

 peas, spinach, etc., where such things are grown for 

 market, and succeed admirably on inverted clover-sward. 

 On clover-sward or other good land, a dressing of twenty 

 two-horse loads of good stable-manure to the acre, plowed 



