CABBAGE 305 
to varying soils was an important factor in leading 
the primitive people of northern and_ central 
Europe to cultivate the cabbage, and, having been 
grown by the common people of these regions 
under all sorts of conditions of soil and climate, 
with more or less success, from prehistoric times 
until the present, this power of adaptability has 
been preserved. 
“The soil should be loose, friable and well pre- 
pared, deep fall-plowing being advised. An ap- 
Fig. 57. Solid (at the left) and loose heads of cabbage. 
plication of ten to twenty tons of manure per acre 
may be made before plowing. In spring, after 
harrowing, an application of well-slaked lime, at 
the rate of 1,000 pounds of quick-lime per acre, 
may be made, and harrowed in. The harrowing 
should be done before rain falls, otherwise the 
lime cannot be so readily incorporated with the soil. 
The advantages of lime for cabbage are recognized 
by many growers, and one of its benefits is its action 
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