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the weather for a few days during the daytime after which 

 they are set out in the open. For late cabbages, the seed is 

 sown in beds prepared in the open, and the young plants are 



transplanted in the same 

 way as are early cabbages. 

 Late cabbages make much 

 of their growth in the fall, 

 while early cabbages grow 

 in the spring and early 

 summer. 



The cabbage-worm is the 

 pest most likely to cause 

 trouble. It may be killed by 



FIG. 72. The Savoy cabbage. . , 



spraying with arsenate of 



lead or with paris green, but these poisons should not be 

 used on the matured heads soon to be eaten. For this 

 reason, hellebore is the substance employed after the heads 

 of the cabbages have formed. It may be applied as a powder 

 or mixed with water and used as a spray. The most com- 

 mon disease of cabbage is club-root. Rotation of crops is 

 the best treatment. 



167. Brussels sprouts probably originated in Belgium, 

 and derived its name from the fact that it had been exten- 

 sively cultivated near the city of Brussels. When the plant 

 is young it resembles the ordinary cabbage, but as it gets 

 older the stem elongates and bears buds, one or two inches 

 in diameter, in the axils of the leaves. The buds are the parts 

 eaten. On account of this method of bearing the buds, the 

 plant is sometimes called the " bud-bearing " cabbage, al- 

 though the heads of the common cabbages are also enlarged 

 buds. 



Brussels sprouts can be grown commercially only in cool 

 climates. The same soil and culture is necessary as for the 

 cabbage. The size of the buds is increased by cutting off the 

 lower leaves along the stalk, allowing the leaves at the top 



