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may be followed by late beans, spinacli, 

 beets, etc., if so desired. The cabbage 

 plant should be left in the ground until 

 the head has fully developed if the maxi- 

 mum yield is desired. They may be left 

 in the ground until late in fall. Cabbage 

 can very easily be stored for winter use. 

 The plants are pulled and the heads 

 placed in a trench, with the roots upward, 

 and covered with a sufficient mulch of 

 coarse material and earth to prevent 

 severe freezing. Cabbage can be success- 

 fully stored in a good cellar if one can be 

 secured. It may be expected to do well 

 where gardening can be successfully con- 

 ducted. Varieties: Extra Early Express, 

 Early Jersey Wakefield, Early Winig- 

 stadt, Surehead, Burpee; American Drum- 

 head Savoy, Henderson. 



Carrots do well on most any garden 

 land, but prefer a moist, deep, loamy, 

 friable soil. The gardener should try to 

 grow the carrot quickly in order to 

 secure tender, sweet, uniform specimens. 

 Avoid hard, dry, crusty soil. Seeds may 

 be sown in rows by using a hand drill. 

 Have the rows wide enough to admit 

 horse cultivation. When the plants have 

 grown three to four inches high thin- 

 ning should be done, leaving only the 

 larger plants in the row from four to six 

 inches apart. The seed should be thickly 

 sown, for many may not germinate. Car- 

 rots should be sown early, as the crop, 

 especially the late varieties, requires a 



long season. The carrot, like most all 

 root crops, responds readily to frequent 

 cultivation. Only the table varieties 

 should be grown in a home garden. By 

 judicious choice of varieties carrots may 

 be enjoyed for a long season. The late 

 varieties can be left in the ground until 

 freezing weather begins, when they 

 should be dug and stored in the cellar 

 or buried in the field similar to cabbage. 

 Varieties: Carentan, Thorburn; Golden 

 Ball, Chantenay, Danvers Half Long, 



Burpee; Henderson Intermediate, Hen- 

 derson. 



The general requirements of the cauli- 

 flower are practically the same as for the 

 cabbage. It delights in a moist, cool, 

 deep, loamy soil and responds readily to 

 frequent cultivation. It thrives best in 

 cool and moist summers." One should 

 endeavor to secure fresh seed each year. 

 It can be sown in a hotbed and handled 

 similar to the cabbage plant. To secure 

 the most delicious specimens of cauli- 

 flower it is essential that the plant be 

 grown rapidly and the leaves tied or 

 broken in such a manner to inclose the 

 head to secure complete blanching and 

 crispness. The gardener should learn 

 by testing under his own conditions 

 which are the most desirable for him to 

 grow. It should be grown quickly in 

 order to secure sweet, tender heads. Set 

 it in rows wide enough to admit horse 

 cultivation and from twenty-five to thirty 

 inches in the row. Varieties: Best Early, 

 Burpee's Dry Weather, Burpee; Extra 

 Early Snowball, Henderson; Gilt Edge, 

 Thorburn. 



Celery delights in a moist, deep, cool 

 soil. Well drained swamp or low lands 

 are especially adapted to the culture of 

 celery. However, most any good garden 

 soil where moisture can be secured, and 

 with the proper handling, celery can be 

 raised. Sow the seed in a hotbed or flats 

 in the greenhouse about the first of April 

 and transplant once or twice before set- 

 ting in a permanent place. Celery seed 

 is small, rather difficult to germinate, and 

 fresh seed should be obtained each year. 

 Especial care should be given to the kind 

 of soil used in germinating celery seed. 

 Such factors as light, air and watering 

 should be carefully looked after. The 

 seed should be very lightly covered. 

 Usually the seed bed or flats in which the 

 seed is germinating should be partially 

 shaded in order to prevent excessive 

 evaporation and baking of the soil. Avoid 

 excessive watering while the plants are 

 in the propagating bed. See that the 

 ground for celery is deeply plowed, fer- 

 tilized and put in the best condition 

 before setting the plants. Celery delights 

 in liberal applications of manure. There 

 are several methods of planting celer}^ 

 but for planting in a fruit grower's garden 



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