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watch constantly if he is not to lose his crop 
after all his labor. The cabbage worm makes 
its appearance early, and should be destroyed at 
once; while for club-root, black rot, etc., ro- 
tation is our only usual remedy. * 
Different varieties thrive better in different 
localities. You must experiment in a small 
way, or find out what your neighbors have 
done, keeping a record of the sort that does 
best under your conditions, and then plant 
only that. Near New York City the Bergen 
Drumhead does wonderfully well, but in some 
western parts of the country it has less success. 
The Newark Flat Dutch, on the other hand, for 
an early cabbage, does well both east and west. 
For a late season variety the Premium Flat 
Dutch is excellent. 
To show the possibilities of profit in cabbage, 
Professor Bailey, in his “ Vegetable Gardening, ”’ 
quotes from an expert cabbage grower in Green 
* Nore.—Some experts think that lime is the one great soil 
doctor, especially in a garden where crops are plowed under, lots 
of manure is used and there is not much chance for crop rotation. 
Heavy doses of lime will destroy many fungous diseases and also 
kill off a good many insects, especially the soft-skinned kind which 
gather as crops are grown in the same place year after year. It 
would scarcely be possible to grow good cabbage in the same spot 
for a series of years without heavily liming the soil. It prevents club- 
root. 
