24 AROUND THE YEAR IN THE GARDEN 



that delicious vegetable. A small early planting is worth 

 while. White Cape is a good variety. 



Cabbages the Year Round 



Cabbage. There is no reason why a supply of this veg- 

 etable should not be kept pretty nearly the year round, even 

 with a comparatively small garden. As usually grown there 

 is a big surplus at one or two periods in summer, and none 

 the rest of the time. A dozen or two plants each of Jersey 

 Wakefield, Copenhagen Market, Glory of Enkhuisen and 

 Succession set out early in the spring, will furnish a supply 

 of cabbage until September. Half a package each of Volga 

 and Danish Ball Head, sown in the spring and transplanted 

 some six weeks later, will give a supply during the fall and 

 early winter; the other half of each packet, sown the last of 

 May or the first of June and transplanted in July, will give 

 a further supply during the late fall and winter. All of these 

 varieties are good, but if you like real quahty in cabbage 

 use Savoy in place of Succession in the early and in place of 

 Volga in the late planting. 



Carrots. For use in the frames or for extra-early use out- 

 doors, Early Nantes is one of the forcing varieties that will 

 give quickest results. Ordinarily, however, Chantenay or 

 Coreless or a very good strain of Danvers Half-Long will 

 answer all the purposes of the home garden. If your soil is 

 very shallow use Chantenay alone. 



Cauliflower. To have a succession throughout the 

 summer plant as suggested for cabbage. Remember, how- 

 ever, that the plants are not so hardy and cannot be set out 

 so early. Snowball or Best Early, or any of the varieties of 

 precisely the same type, or Dry- Weather, which is later and 

 more robust in growth, will answer every purpose. Do not 

 be deceived by the claims that are sometimes made for the 

 Dry-Weather. It is a strong-growing sort, but no cauli- 

 flower can be grown successfully without plenty of moisture. 

 With proper cultivation it can be grown in dry weather, 

 but not in a dry soil. 



