CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER 



Marketing cabbage : A considerable portion of 

 the late cabbage crop is handled in bulk. Some 

 growers sell by the ton to kraut factories. The best 

 carrier for shipping early cabbage is the barrel-sized 

 crate. 



Storing late cabbage : It is a mistake to delay 

 harvesting the winter crop until the outer leaves 

 have been frozen hard several times and when there 

 is danger of unbroken winter weather, says Penn- 

 sylvania Bulletin No. 147. In this state it is not safe 

 to postpone harvesting later than the tenth of No- 

 vember. Various methods of storing winter cabbage 

 are used with good success. The ^ 



Danish Ball is the best keeper that 

 can be grown. In large producing 

 districts, frost-proof storage houses 

 are designed and built especially for 

 the purpose. IMany growers store in 

 barns or caves. Some pile or store 

 the untrimmed heads in protected 



spots, as along fences, covering after 



severe weather begins with straw, storing cabbage 



corn stalks, leaves or other coarse —cornstalks 

 . ' . . . all around 



material. Burymg is a favorite plan 



with some, and there is no better way to preserve 



cabbage in a fresh, crisp condition : Line up on a 



well-drained part of the ground three rows of heads, 



placed close together, turned upside down. Then 



with a team and plow, draw two furrows, throwing 



soil as much as possible on the cabbage. Then finish 



with shovels, placing five or six inches of soil on the 



heads. /\fter the ground is frozen to the depth of 



an inch or two, cover with strawy manure to the 



depth of several inches. 



Insects and diseases : Root maggots are a serious 



