CABBAGES. 



149 



TABLE IV 



Variety and Treatment. 



P 



» £17- 



3 g <u 



10.5 



.0 



11.1 



.0 



5.3 



12.5 



52.6 



5.0 





Surehead : 



Shallow cultivation .. 10.5 1.16 



Deep cultivation .G 1.00 



One-hundred Weight : 



Shallow cultivation 11.1 1.12 



Deep cultivation .0 l.oo 



Lupton: 



Shallow cultivation 5.3 .93 



Deep cultivation 12.5 1.00 



Harvest Home : 



Shallow cultivation 



Deep cultivation 



The effects as expressed by the above figures are somewhat 

 contradictory. In the case of all but one of the varieties, Lup- 

 ton being the exception, a larger percentage of the heads from 

 plants which received shallow cultivation were immature at the 

 time when most of the heads were ready for cutting, than from 

 those receiving deep cultivation, the difference varying from 

 about 10 per cent, to over 47 per cent. It seems probable that 

 the deep cultivation which gave to the plants a heavier mulch 

 of finely pulverized soil than that given to the plants receiving 

 the shallow cultivation, so aided in the conservation of the 

 moisture that the plants were able to make a more vigorous 

 growth, and to form more perfect and uniform heads. No 

 specific conclusion can be drawn from a comparison of the aver- 

 age weights, as two of the varieties gave results favoring deep 

 cultivation, while two were against the practice, though the 

 greater difference was in favor of deep cultivation. 



RECAPITULATION. 



1. The size of the seed seems to have some influence upon 

 the size of the head, the larger seed, as a rule, producing the 

 larger head. 



2. The tying up of the outer leaves seems to have no influ- 

 ence upon the maturity of the heads, while it produces a marked 

 decrease in the size and almost Invariably causes the head to 

 decav. 



