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entire crop may be speedily destroyed, as they are very 

 destructive, and at times very numerous at this season of 

 the year. (See chapter on Insects.) 



Planting and Cultivating, The directions given under 

 this head in the article on Early Cabbages apply also to 

 these, except the distance. 



The rows being already marked three feet apart, the 

 plants should be set two feet in the rows, requiring seven 

 thousand two hundred and sixty to an acre ; or at the 

 angles where the manure has been placed and prepared, 

 requiring nearly five thousand plants for the same 

 amount of land. The planting, as I have before stated, 

 should be done in wet weather ; but it frequently happens 

 that the rains at this season are not sufficient to thor- 

 oughly wet the earth, hence we have to resort to " pud- 

 dling," which is described in the chapter on transplanting. 

 They should be set out in July, though if in very rich 

 soil, a good proportion will head if set so late as the first 

 of August. 



It often happens there is a scarcity of cabbages in 

 market between the seasons for late and early, and those 

 who are far-seeing enough to have an intermediate crop, do 

 well by it. The Large Flat Dutch is a good variety for 

 this purpose, and may be sown at any time after the 

 ground opens in the spring, and if a person should sow 

 three different times, for instance, the first, tenth, and 

 twentieth of April, and from each sowing plant a bed ? 

 there would be a chance to make a good hit. on at least 

 one lot, and do well on all, and the plants would be ready 

 at a time when a piece of growing clover could be 

 turned under, and a good crop grown with little or no 

 manure. This variety is also used for sowing in hot- 

 beds, and occasionally for keeping over winter in cold- 

 frames, and by planting early succeeds the early varieties 

 when the market is not glutted, and sometimes sells at 

 very high prices. 



