CABBAGES. 



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The culture of late varieties of Cabbage is quite 

 different from the method described for the early 

 kinds. Late Cabbages can be grown as a second 

 crop, following early Potatoes, Peas, &c., &c., and 

 the greater part of the cultivation can be done with 

 horse instead of with hand-tools. 



Sowing Seed. — Eight or ten years ago our rule 

 was to sow the seed about the 10th of May, and 



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finish planting before the 20th of July. But, for the 

 last three or four years, late planting has not given 

 satisfaction ; a very large proportion of the plants 

 set out after the 10th of July failed to make solid 

 heads, being only fit for cow-feed in the Fall. 



It is very important to the Cabbage-grower to 

 have fresh seed, true to name ; and every man who 

 raises Cabbages as a field-crop should select, each 



