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GARDEN STEPS 



Savoy Cabbage 



the seed for this country. It forms very heavy, 

 solid heads, which develop well in cool chmates, and 



keep all winter. It 

 is, however, rather 

 lacking in tenderness 

 and delicate flavor. 



There are other 

 varieties of fine qual- 

 ity, which develop 

 solid heads and keep 

 well. Among these, 

 the- Savoy cabbage 

 will give the home 

 gardener great satis- 

 faction. It has a solid head of delicate, white flesh, 

 and is free from the pungent flavor rather common 

 in cabbage. 



Planting Late Cabbage. — For winter cabbage, 

 the seed may be planted during June in a prepared 

 seed bed, or in the open field. If the ground is not 

 occupied by other crops when the time for planting 

 comes, it is best to start the seed in the place where 

 the plants are going to stay. In the early spring 

 there is little trouble in transplanting ; the weather 

 is cool and rains are frequent. In midsummer, 

 conditions are very different. The earth is hot 

 and the sun is hot; the weather may be hot and 

 dry for several days together. Under these condi- 

 tions it is not easy to transplant even cabbages, and 



