CABBAGE. 



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The varieties are the Large York and Early Dutch. These 

 will not head unless the ground be rich, rather moist, and, 

 above all, diligently worked. 



The late crop and the E-ed Dutch, for pickling, you 

 may sow in February or March, or any other time there- 

 after, until the 1st of August. The best time is about the 

 1st of April. The early sown should not be transplanted 

 until July or August. Let the ground be well-spaded, and 

 thoroughly manured. They must be set in the ground up to 

 tJie firct leaf, no matter how long the, stem may le, or they will 

 not head. They also require a rich soil, but not from fresh 

 manure. The manure for the cabbage crop should be 

 thoroughly decomposed, or the plants will be covered with 

 aphides or cabbage lice. The best way is to throw the 

 ground into ridges from two to two and a half feet apart, 

 making the trenches between more or less deep, according 

 to the length of the stems ; wet the roots thoroughly and 

 transplant in moist weather, carefully transplanting them 

 with a trowel, and when the ground gets dry draw the 

 earth level, which should just reach up to the lower leaves. 

 If seed of any of the cabbage tribe be sown after the 

 weather grows warm, the soil must be pressed upon it by 

 walking on a board, and it must be shaded by a covering 

 of boards or pine brush during the day, removing it at night, 

 until the plants get a little established. If the weather is 

 warm and wet, the covering may be dispensed with. 



After the late cabbages are transplanted let them be 

 w^ell cultivated by deep and frequent hoeing, and don't 

 strip off the lower leaves if you wish them to head. 



Many remedies are employed to keep off the green 

 worm, so destructive to the cabbage tribe. An infusion of 

 tobacco or of the ripe berries of the Pride of China tree, 

 sprinkled on them once or twice a week from a water-pot, 

 is said to be effectual. Sprinkling with ashes is a good 

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