CABBAGES AND CAULIFLOWERS. 37 



In the summer and fall the cabbage and the 

 beet butterfly will deposit their eggs on the leaves 

 of the plants, where they develop into the so- 

 called cabbage worms. These eggs are generally 

 laid in lumps and easily discovered and crushed. 

 In an old German magazine I have just found 

 the following remedy, which may be worth try- 

 ing: In four or five quarts of warm water is 

 dissolved a handful of rock salt, and a few finely 

 crushed or pounded garlics are added. With 

 this mixture the plants visited by the butterflies 

 are sprinkled with a brush, a wisp of grass, or 

 grain straws, or by any other means. The sprink- 

 ling must be performed after the dew has evapo- 

 rated. Cabbages may experimentally be treated 

 in the same way.* 



For immediate sale in a neighboring town the 

 cauliflower heads should be cut early in the morn- 

 ing while the dew is on, and be kept protected 

 against the sun until they are to be exposed for 

 sale. 



PACKING FOR DISTANT MARKETS. 



The heads are to be cut off in a dry state, but 

 not wilted, with only an inch of stalk. The leaves 

 are. to be removed, with the exception of a couple 

 of the inner courses, which should be cut down to 

 such a length as to meet when they are bent gently 

 together over the head. Pack in open, clean and 



-Alum water used in this manner has proved efficacious the past 

 season, under our own observation. — Ed. 



