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into boxes April 24th. The season was exceptionally late and a 

 second handling was necessary, May 17th, before the final transfer 

 to the field May 30th. 



"All Head Early" and "Burpee's Safe Crop," two sorts sent for 

 trial by W. Attee Burpee & Co., of Philadelphia, are of the Flat 

 Dutch type. They did not average quite so large nor so early as 

 Early Flat Dutch, but were very uniform in size, of firm texture, 

 and produced a high percentage of marketable heads. 



1. Influence of Transplanting : For two seasons an experiment 

 has been conducted for the purpose of ascertaining whether 

 plants handled in pots previous to setting in the field, are enough 

 superior to those handled in boxes, to warrant the increased 

 expense.* In 1891 the results were indifferent, while last year 

 indications were strongly in favor of the pot-grown plants. The 

 treatment of the plants was in every respect similar to that given 

 last season, i. e. one lot of twenty-five young plants was transferred 

 from the seed flat to three-inch and later to four-inch pots, while 

 a duplicate lot was placed in shallow boxes — two inches apart at the 

 first handling and four inches apart at the second. 



The results obtained are shown in table I. 



TABLE I. 

 CABBAGE PLANTS FROM POTS AND BOXES. 









m 









• 







00 





fii 















7 



T 



1 



+3 



m 



tn 











S3 





be 



03 

 CJ 



C3 



e3 









s. 











5) 







Variety and Treatment. 



fi 





P 



<M 



O ® 



Si 





Remarks. 















o 









> 



m 



o 



+3 



be 



a 



25 



Z'i 



o 



6 







eg 



bJ3 



> 



5 £ 



5 5 



'5 









B 



1-1 



< 



X o 



S.S 



h 



P3 





Feat Dutch. 



















Pots 



15.2 



8.9 



10.7 



3 



o 



o 



1.23 



All cut Aug. 18 





12.0 



2.9 



8.7 







1 



? 



l.OO 



Saee Crop. 



















Pots 



10.0 

 9.2 



5.5 

 2.4 



7.4 

 4.9 





 







11 



1 



2 



1.34 



l.OO 









All-Head Earlt. 





Pots 



12.0 

 8.0 



2.8 

 1.1 



8.3 

 5.2 



1 











1 





 



i.eo 



l.OO 













* Report Maine Experiment Station, 1891, p. 84; 1892, p. 61. 



