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give them a good start. If they are already well 

 rooted in their permanent location when the hot days 

 come, they are indifferent to a drought and keep 

 right ahead. 



If you plan to leave the plants where they are 

 sprouted, measure the rows three feet apart for the 

 large, late varieties, and plant four or five seeds in 

 each spot, a half inch deep and an inch or so apart. 

 These seed groups should be two feet apart in the 

 row. When the seeds sprout, thin them out, finally 

 leaving the strongest plant at each spot. 



If on the ground you are to use for late cabbages 

 you have peas and other plants to be pulled out in 

 July, plant the cabbage seed in a small space, well 

 enriched and worked over carefully for a seed bed. 

 Do not sow too close ; sow thinly, a half an inch deep, 

 and an inch apart. Plan to have enough seedlings 

 to replace those which are lost in transplanting. 

 Don't forget the importance of giving the young 

 plants plenty of room, and of transplanting them 

 before they get tall and spindling. 



When the plants are firmly rooted in the rows, 

 cultivate carefully and keep cultivating till fall. 

 In planning the cabbage crop, remember that the 

 ordinary family will not eat more than one good 

 head a week, on the average. Thirty or forty heads 

 should make an ample supply. 



Cabbage Enemies. — When the first leaves of 

 the cabbage develop, it frequently happens that a 



