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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Aprit, 1908 
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AN INTRODUCTORY OFFER 
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OTTO KATZENSTEIN @ CO., ATLANTA, GA. 
which should be as fine and loose as an 
ash heap and without the suspicion of a 
clod. 
The feeding rootlet of the cabbage plant 
is a very delicate affair, the incipient fibrous 
root being as thin and thread-like as a 
mold, so that the ground should be made 
fine enough for this delicate root to pene- 
trate easily. Where possible, plow main- 
crop cabbage land in the fall or winter, 
allowing it to become thoroughly “frozen 
out.” Otherwise, plow early in spring and 
constantly cultivate with the disc from plow- 
ing time until plants are set. This culti- 
vation aids not only in the conservation of 
moisture, but also in the processes of nitri- 
fication. If barnyard manures are used, 
apply after plowing and the cultivation 
will thoroughly incorporate it with the soil. 
When commercial or artificial fertilizer is 
used apply at or shortly before the time of 
setting. If applied too far inadvance much 
fertility is carried too deep to be of immediate 
use and if applied too late, the plants are 
not given a quick enough start. 
I have used the tobacco-plant setter for 
cabbage, but do not find it nearly so satis- 
factory as hand setting. In applying fer- 
tilizers, I make up the plant row as follows. 
The field is lined out with a three-row 
marker, at thirty inches to three feet apart, 
followed by a large single shovel plow to 
open a furrow about six inches deep, on the 
bottom of which is scattered a complete com- 
mercial vegetable manure at the rate of 
500 to 2,000 pounds per acre. Where there 
is excessive acidity in the soil or danger of 
“club-root,” I scatter on top of this a ton or 
more of air-slacked lime. This is .mixed 
with the soil by passing a fine-toothed cul- 
tivator tightly closed together one or more 
times in the furrow, which partly closes it, 
leaving a depression in centre of rows. 
Finish by passing over the field the long way 
with a heavy plank drag. Before setting 
the field is either re-marked or a line stretched 
over the row. The Danish Ball-Head I 
set from sixteen to eighteen inches apart 
in the row. Being compact growers with 
few leaves, this distance is not too close. 
For the larger and more leafy varieties, 
from twenty-four to thirty inches is required. 
Cultivation is begun immediately after 
the plant is set, first with small-tooth cul- 
tivators to break the crust and to keep the 
surface constantly loose to retard evap- 
oration and hold rainfall. If other work 
permitted I would cultivate the cabbage 
plants every day when the ground was in 
suitable condition. However, cultivation 
is repeated as often as possible, to keep the 
plant in rapid, healthy growth from the time 
it 1s set out until 1t matures. 
We use a large-toothed horse-hoe or double 
shovel for cultivating after the plant begins 
to throw its leaves toward the heart, con- 
tinuing such cultivation even when the 
leaves touch between the rows, as the break- 
ing of such leaves will not interfere with 
the development of the head. The last 
cultivations are given to throw a considerable 
quantity of earth to the row, ee 
somewhat of a ridge. 
New York. R. M. WINANS. 
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Specialties for Spring Planting—1908 
Norway Maples, 2-24 inches and 23-3 inches in dia. 
Japan Maples, assorted varieties, 1—3 feet. 
Carolina Poplars, 10-12 feet, 13-2 inches, extra fine. 
Cal. Privet, 18-24 inches, 2-3 feet and 3-5 feet, KX 3 
and 4 years old. 
Dwarf Box, 3-6 inches. 
Rhododendron Hybrids, choice varieties, 1-3 feet. 
Rhododendron maximum and Kalmia Latifolia, fine plants, 
1—6 feet, in carload lots. 
Blue Spruce Kosteri, 1—5 feet. 
Climbing and Hybrid Roses, choice varieties. 
For a general list of trees and ISG write for our 
catalogue. 
P. A. KEENE, VICE PRES. 
THE MORRIS NURSERY CoO. 
1 Madison Ave., New York 
Baiersdorf (Bavaria) 
