74 CABBAGES. 



The seed for early Cabbages should be sown in 

 the Fall, in the latitude of New York, between the 

 1st and 15th of September, in the open ground. 

 About the middle of October they will bo large 

 enough to prick in cold frames, putting from five to 

 eight hundred to a sash of 3x6. The plants should 

 be set deeply, covering nearly all the stem. When 

 cold weather sets in the sashes must be put on, and 



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the only care necessary during the Winter will be 

 to give them air. In mild weather, and on the ap- 

 proach of Spring, remove the sashes from the frames, 

 so as to " harden off " the plants before setting them 

 in the field. 



Early varieties can also be grown in hot-beds ; 

 started in February, and the young plants trans- 



