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varieties, any of the following will make fine shippers : The 

 Early Flat Dutch, Early Summer, Kennerly's First Early, 

 Succession, Surehead, Large Flat Dutch, Danish Ballhead 

 and the large Late Drumhead. The Old Georgia CoUard 

 is the leading variety. 



When the plants are ready to set they should be put out 

 immediately, as a stunted plant is sure to make a poor crop. 

 The field where you are going to set the plants should be in 

 the best condition possible. (See chapter on Preparation of 

 the Land.) It should be plowed several times, then har- 

 rowed. If you wish to broadcast the fertilizer it should 

 be applied before you harrow it ; but I would advise putting 

 the fertilizer under the row where you set the plants. To do 

 this, lay the field ofT in furrows the \vidth you wish the 

 rows ; some prefer them two anrl a half feet apart, while 

 others prefer the three-foot rows. Apply the fertilizer in 

 these furrows, using about i.ooo pounds to the acre. Of 

 course, you could make a crop w ith less, but it does not pay 

 to be stingy with fertilizer, as both the cabljage and the 

 cauliflower are rank feeders. I prefer to put 1,000 pounds 

 in the furrows and then drill an equal quantity to them after 

 they start to grow. The following makes a fine fertilizer for 

 either the cabbage, cauliflower or collard : Ammonia, from 4 

 to SV' ; available phosphoric acid, 6 to 8% ; and potash 8 to 

 lO'/ . 1 always like to have plenty of potash in the fertilizer 

 for these crops. Apply it about two weeks before }'ou are 

 ready to set the plants. If you will do this and give them all 

 the work and water they require, the chances are )'ou will 

 be smiling when you figure up the profits on the crop. 



In setting the plants it is well to get them down fairly 

 deep in the ground. I set them up to the first leaves. The 

 best tool for this purpose is a plasterer's small pointing 

 trowel or a round stick or dibbler. (See chapter on Lettuce.) 



