136 Teuck Geowing in the South. 



The subject of sowing seeds covers so large a field that 

 it is impossible to crowd it all into one short article. What 

 we want to say just now is intended for the benefit of those 

 who are contemplating sowing cabbage for the fall or win- 

 ter use. 



We often get letters from people asking when and how 

 to sow a certain kind of cabbage seed. To answer such in- 

 quiry intelligently, we must know three things : 1st. In 

 what degree of latitude seed are to be sown ; 2nd. Height 

 above sea level ; 3rd. Where were the seeds grown. There 

 is no one rule or set of rules governing the time for sowing 

 late cabbage that will apply in common to the different 

 sections of the South. 



About the only solution of this problem is for every 

 farmea" to watch for one season the growth of his late or 

 winter cabbage, and be governed afterwards in sowing the 

 same kind of cabbage for the information gained through 

 his observation. 



It usually requires about six weeks after seed are sown 

 for plants to get into condition best suited for transplant- 

 ing, and from two to three months more for the maturing 

 of the different strains of late cabbage. Latitude in which 

 seed are grown has much to do with the time necessary 

 for the cabbage to head. The farther North the seed are 

 grown,' the quicker maturity takes place; and like the 

 peach, the quicker to mature the sooner they will rot. 



The seeds you grow yourself from late cabbage, or those 

 grown along the Blue Ridge in Worth Carolina and Geor- 

 gia are the seed we recommend for late keepers for the 

 readers of the Ctjltivatoe in general. This class of cab- 

 bage may be sown as late as September along the sea coast. 



