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second early use or for winter use, and it is the earliest of tlie 

 large heading kinds. 



Flat Dutch and Stone Mason are desirable winter sorts and 

 ere good keepers. The best red cabbage is perhaps the Mam- 



Fig-. 69 -Premium flat Dutch cabbag-e. beetle, cabbage worms, cut 

 worms and flea, for treatment of which see chapter on insects. 



Diseases. — There are very few diseases that seriously injure 

 the cabbage. The most common is club-root, also called cluh 

 foot. The life history of this disease is not known. It attacks 

 the roots of cabbage, cauliflower, turnips and other plants of 

 the same family, causing them to form large irregular swell- 

 ings. The plant is checked in growth and often dies from the 

 effects of the disease. This is not yet a common disease in this 

 section, but in some of the Eastern and Middle states it is very 

 common. The best way of avoiding it is to not use the same land 

 lor cabbage or similar crop without at least three ye^rs interven- 

 ing, during which time it is preferable to have the land in grass 

 or clover. This disease is also transmitted by Pepper Cress, 

 Shepherd's Purse, Candytuft and similar plants. This disease 

 may also be distributed in manure from animals fed on diseased 

 plants. 



Black Rot of Cabbage is a disease that has not attracted 

 much attention until the last few years but has during that time 

 caused much damage to cabbage and cauliflower. 



The first indication of this disease is upon the outer leaves 

 of the plant which turn yellow and die in spots usually near the 

 margins. Such leaves are also liable to wilt and careful exami- 

 nation will show that the veins in and near the dead areas are 

 blackened. These spots enlarge and gradually involve the whole 

 leaf, from which it passes to the stem and to the rest of the 



moth Red Rock. The Savoys 

 are of better quality than the 

 ordinary drumheads but do net 

 produce so heavily. Iney are 

 desirable for home use. The 

 best of this class is the Ameri- 

 can Drumhead Savoy. 



Insects. — The insects in:uri- 

 ous to the cabbage are the flea 



