12(3 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



CABBAGE (Early, or Summer). 

 French, Ckou pomme. — German, Kopfdcold. — Spanish, Col. 



EARLY YORK. ^VAKEFIELD. KXIOHT'S EARLY. LARGE YORK. 

 OX-HEART. EMPEROR, ETC., ETC. 



BRIEF DIEECTIOyS. 



Set the plants tTfelve or fifteen inches apart, in rows eight- 

 een inches to two feet wide, in rich soil, and hoe often and 

 deeply. 



Time : at the North sow in September, or in hot bed last of 

 Fcbniary or first of ilarch ; set out in the last half of April. 



Li New York, in ordinary seasons, set out a little earlier, 

 particularly fall-so-^vn plants. At the South sow and set out 

 from November to March. 



It would not )je worth while to enumerate the varieties of 

 cabbage : their names are very indefinite ; new varieties or sub- 

 varieties being so readily obtained that there seems no limit to 

 the possible number ; and, as new names sometimes sell old 

 books, so old varieties of vegetables are sometimes found under 

 new designations for the same end, or novelty is attained by a 

 very slight variation. But, by whatever names they may be 

 called, four or five kinds will fill up the season's course, and 

 complete the necessary supply of this vegetable for a family. 



1. Early York, or any eai'ly cabbage, Wakefield, Knight's, 

 etc., should be sown in September or October, and when about 

 two inches high transplanted into a pit or cold bed about two 

 inches apart for wintering ; or they may be so'\to in a hot bed 

 in the latter half of FebiTiai-y or former pait of ilarch, and, 

 after being hardened by gradual exposm-e in the beginning of 

 April, may be set out at any time after the middle of that 

 month in rows eighteen inches to two feet wide, at a distance 

 of twelve or fifteen inches in the rows. Plants that have been 

 wintered may be set out rather eaiiier than hot-bed plants, and 

 will usually come off in time to sow tiu-nips for winter use 

 upiju the groimd they occupied. 



2. The large York, or ox-heart, or any second cabbage, mav 



