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immature cabbage heads, called sprouts or buttons, formed on 

 the sides of the stems. These sprouts are very tender and • 

 much relished when properly cooked. 



Seeds may be planted 

 in hills in spring or mid- 

 summer, or the plants may 

 be started in beds and 

 transplanted to the garden 

 2% to 3 ft. apart each 

 way. Dwarf varieties may 

 be set much closer. The 

 more mature sprouts may 

 be used as soon as large 

 enough, and the remainder 

 left in the garden imtil 

 November or December. 

 They endure much frost. 



Cabbage. — Cabbage 

 seed for early varieties 

 may be sown in window 

 boxes or hotbeds a few 

 weeks before it is time to 

 transplant them to the 

 open garden. The trans- 

 planting should be done 

 early so that much of the 

 growth may be made be- 

 fore hot weather. Prop- 

 erly hardened cabbage 

 plants will stand some 

 frost. Early Jersey Wake- 

 field and Elarly Charles- 

 ton Wakefield are two of the most popular early varieties. 

 The plants may be set two feet apart in rows three feet apart. 

 The culture should be clean and thorough. Considerable 



Fig. 105. — Sugar beets are often grown 

 in gardens for use of pigs, poultry and other 

 stoolc. (U. S. D. A.) 



