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the acre. This should be supplemented by the application 

 of a high grade complete fertilizer containing 4% nitrogen, 

 8% phosphorus, and 10% potash, and used at the rate of a 

 ton to the acre. 



Storage. Beets may be stored in pits, out of doors, 

 or in cellars, buried in moist sand. The roots are pulled 

 and the tops cut about an inch long. The roots should 

 be kept in storage at about 33° F. 



IV. CABBAGE 



Planting. Cabbage is a transplanted crop, the seed 

 being planted in greenhouses or hot beds for the first crop 

 and in a protected location out of doors, or in a hot bed, for 

 the later crop. The plants are ready for transplanting when 

 six to eight weeks old. For early planting, the seed should 

 be sown about March first and transplanted to two liy two 

 inches when the first true leaves appear. The plants may 

 be set in the field as soon as the ground can be gotten in 

 condition in the spring. If properly hardened before plant- 

 ing out, they will stand frost without any damage. The 

 seed for the late crop is generally planted abDut June first. 

 The seed should be planted in a protected lo:'ation but the 

 plants need not necessarily be transplanted until ready for 

 the field. The selection of the seed for the cabbage crop is 

 most important in order that the strain or type of head 

 desired maj^ be produced. 



Planting distances vary with the variety of cabbage 

 grown. Early varieties may be set as close as fifteen by 

 twenty-eight inches, the later sorts should be set farther 

 apart up to twenty-four by thirty-six inches. 



Soil. Cabbages do best in the heavier, cooler kinds 

 of soil, plenty of moisture being of great importance for the 



