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the three mentioned seem to be about 
the best for this section of the country. 
The two first named varieties will mature 
during October and November, and the 
Succession will form large solid heads by 
the middle of December. The late Drum- 
head Savoy will probably endure more 
cold after heading than any of the smooth 
leafed varieties, and is, therefore, very 
desirable for a very late winter cabbage. 
It is highly recommended for home use 
and for local markets. Late Flat Dutch 
is an excellent variety to follow Succes- 
sion. Cabbage here will endure a temp- 
erature of 26 degrees without injury. 
“Cabbage seed sown in an unprotected 
bed about October ist will produce nice, 
stocky plants for transplanting to the field 
in early spring. Seed sown at this time 
will make short, stocky plants, which 
will head from May to July, according 
to the earliness of the variety. Seed 
sown in the open ground about the first 
of September will usually make too much 
growth before cold weather, and are 
liable to run to seed when transplanted 
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in the spring, without forming heads. 
Seed sown in protected frames early in 
January will be ready for transplanting 
to the field early in March. Before trans- 
planting, these plants should be gradually 
hardened off by exposing them to the cool 
weather and allowing the bed to become 
moderately dry. Cabbage plants set to 
the field in October will not be injured to 
any great extent, even during the coldest 
weather. The plants will make consid- 
erable growth during October and Novem- 
ber, but from the last of December to the 
last of February little growth will take 
place. After the first of March the plants 
begin to grow more rapidly, and by the 
first of April they will begin to form 
heads. When the plants are set out too 
early in the fall, they will form small 
heads by the middle of December, and a 
large per cent of the plants will run to 
seed in the spring, without forming mar- 
ketable heads. 
“The following table gives some idea as 
to what might be expected from an acre 
of fall cabbages: 
Year 1908 
Per cent. 
; Seed | Plants |Per cent.; When |Averagejofplants| Yield 
Variety Planted | set to | ofplants|matured| Weight | that {per acre 
field died. headed. 
Charleston Wakefield] June 3d | Aug. 15 5% Nov. 1 | 3 lbs. 95% 12,630 
to Dec. 5 lbs. 
Henderson’s Success’n| June 3d | Aug. 15 6% Nov. 10 | 634 Ibs. 92% 23,490 
to Jan. 1 Ibs. 
Late Flat Dutch..... June 3d | Aug. 15 8% Nov. 25| 6 lbs. 85% 18,480 
to Jan. 15 Ibs. 
“The soil on which these cabbages were 
grown would produce about 40 bushels 
corn per acre. 
“Ten two-horse loads of stable manure 
was applied broadcast per acre, and the 
soil was then plowed eight inches deep 
with a two-horse turn plow. One thou- 
sand pounds of fertilizer, analyzing eight 
per cent phosphorous acid, four per cent 
nitrogen, and seven per cent potash, was 
then applied broadcast, and mixed with 
the soil with an Acme harrow.” 
Harvesting the Crop 
When mature, if cabbages are grown for 
the markets, they are generally pulled, 
some of the outer leaves taken off, the 
stems cut off, and they are then crated 
for shipment. If they are grown for 
home use, they are treated in like man- 
ner and stored in a cool place, the nearer 
to the freezing point the better. Some- 
times the farmer pulls his cabbage late 
in the autumn or early in the winter, and 
places them in trenches with the stems 
