l6o MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY 



boxes. A packer can put up 125 to 225 boxes a 

 day, and a picker can gather 200 to 275 quarts a 

 day. Yields range from 3,000 to 4,000 quarts, or 

 even more, an acre. 



A leading grower, John Young of Long Island, 

 chooses plants of dwarf habit, in which the sprouts 

 grow so closely together as to conceal the stem. 

 For commercial purposes, Mr. Young prefers land 

 that has been in sod two or three years. This he 

 fertilizes with 1,500 pounds high-grade fertilizers 

 broadcasted before the plants are set. Frequently 

 he uses nitrate of soda at intervals during the 

 season. 



CABBAGE 



" We usually plant six or eight acres of cabbage 

 of several varieties each year," says H. A. Souther- 

 land of Ontario county, New York. " During the 

 last five years we have found Burpee's All Head 

 earlier and Burpee's Danish better than any we have 

 ever tried. We have also grown All Seasons, but 

 it gives poorer results than the ones mentioned. 

 Cabbage does well on our clay loam soil, which is 

 low-lying but well underdrained. Following the 

 cabbage, come oats, wheat, and clover. The sod 

 of the clover is turned under for corn, which in 

 turn is followed by cabbage. The ground is plowed 

 as early in the spring as possible, and again thor- 

 oughly cultivated up to the time of setting the 

 plants. The rows are marked out 38 inches to 

 3^2 feet apart and the plants set 24 inches asunder. 



" For the last two seasons we have used a trans- 

 planter with good satisfaction; it cost $50. After 

 the plants are set we use a two-horse cultivator 

 and go through every few days until the rootlets 



