98 COOL SEASON VEGETABLES 



are two main types known as the white and the black mustard. 

 White mustard has dark green, smooth leaves and is preferable 

 to the black mustard, which is strong in flavor. 



Corn salad is drilled in close rows in very early spring. The 

 clusters of leaves are ready to use in forty to fifty days. The uses 

 and treatment are like those for garden cress. A fall planting may 

 be made just in time to harvest before the ground freezes. Or in 

 regions of mild winters the leaves may be mulched with leaves or 

 straw and the salad used during winter or early spring. 



Garden Cress has a burning flavor and is likened to pepper 

 grass. The seeds are drilled in very early spring, in rows just far 

 enough apart to allow the rake or wheel hoe to pass between. The 

 plants may be thinned by pulling out some for use. The crop is 

 produced very quickly, and is used for garnish or flavoring sand- 

 wiches and salads. The plants run to seed if the weather becomes 

 warm before the crop is used. 



Cabbage. — In both the northern and the southern states this 

 crop is grown in two ways. (1) An early variety planted in early 

 spring, maturing before the hot, dry weather of mid-summer, (2) 

 the later crop, or main crop, planted by mid-summer or earlier and 

 maturing in late fall. Both crops endure frost and thrive best in 

 cool weather. The fall crop is preferred for use for making sauer 

 kraut and also for storage through the winter. 



Early Jersey Wakefield (Fig. 65), Charleston Wakefield and 

 Succession are good varieties for early spring planting. The heads 

 are smaller and are formed earlier than in the case of later varieties. 



Late Flat Dutch and Drum Head are good main season or late 

 varieties (Fig. 66). The heads are large and firm and will keep well 

 in storage if buried in trenches or if stored in frost proof cellars. 



Two forms of planting are practiced. One is to sow the seeds 

 in beds and pull the plants after they are a few inches high. These 

 are then set in the open garden where they are to grow. 



The other plan is practiced for the late crop in some sections. 

 The seeds are dropped in hills about two feet apart in rows three 

 feet apart. A little powdered lime is dropped in each place to 

 indicate the location so that cultivation may be begun immediately 

 after planting, as weeds are very bad at that time of year. 



Fertilizer should be applied abundantly to the cabbage crop. 

 It is almost impossible to overfeed the plants. Lime is very help- 

 ful, particularly if the crop is grown in rich bottom land or bog 

 land. 



