86 Subtropical Vegetable-Gardening 



to hold 100 pounds — smaller than the dimensions given 

 above. 



Enemies of cabbage. 



Cabbage insects may be kept away from the seed-beds 

 by screening thoroughly with cheese-cloth or mosquito 

 bar. A spraying with paris green will protect the young 

 plants from caterpillars, and a solution of white hellebore 

 has been found efficacious against the root maggot. 



Club-root may be avoided by rotation of crops. Black- 

 rot may be prevented by disinfecting seeds and imple- 

 ments, cleaning out diseased cabbage, and the like, and 

 practicing rotation. Black-mold may be checked by 

 spraying with bordeaux mixture. In some places it is 

 necessary to spray even the small seedlings many times. 



Varieties of cabbage. 



There is practically no killing frost for cabbage in the 

 lower South; consequently, it is found more profitable 

 to raise the larger kinds. Charleston Wakefield, Premium 

 Flat Dutch, and Louisville Drumhead are favorites in 

 various parts ; but these varieties should be grown only to 

 medium size. For family use, when cabbage is wanted 

 in as short time as possible, Jersey Wakefield or Early 

 Winningstadt are desirable varieties. 



Bulletins 



Cabbage, U. S. D. A. Farmers' Bulletin 433. 



Screening for the Protection of Cabbage, N. Y. Bulletin 301, 1908. 



Cabbage Growing, Colo. Bulletin 143, 1909. 



Cabbage Experiments and Culture, Maryland Bulletin 133, 1909. 



Cabbage Worms, W. Va. Bulletin 120, 1909. 



