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absolutely sure to head. The seed of this should be 

 sown by the 20th of February in the greenhouse or 

 hotbed; sow the seed thinly, and do not hasten 

 growth too much ; let the plants come on as though 

 grown in the open air, give them all the air possible, 

 when the temperature will permit it, and the plants 

 will be sufficiently strong to be put out by the middle 

 of May, and will come rapidly forward. 



It may be asked, why not grow these plants 

 and winter them over the same as the Wakefield. 

 If so, we will say, we have tried this plan repeatedly 

 with the early Flat Dutch varieties and have never 

 been successful. They are quite apt to run up to 

 seed instead of making heads, and when they do 

 head, the check they get seems to break them all up, 

 and they grow into almost every conceivable shape. 

 We have wintered the late varieties with good 

 success, but it is no object to get them in this way, 

 as they are not w?nted for summer cabbage. 



FALI- \ND WINTER CABBAGE. 



The seed fo' these is sown from the first of June 

 to the first of July. First we use an intermediate 

 type, and for this we prefer the Stein's, which will 

 be ready from seed sown June ist (and available for 

 cutting by September ist), and we should sow seed 

 at intervals of a week until July ist, when we put in 

 our latest variety, this latter largely for putting away 

 for winter. 



Where sod ground cannot be had for a late crop, 

 nearly equally favorable conditions can be secured 

 by planting after early potatoes, providing there is 

 no delay in getting the potatoes off (which can be 



