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CABBAGE 



duced which is not a cabbage nor Brussels sprouts. That seems to be 

 beyond the control of the operators. In the next generation, the 

 grower may do away with this one characteristic. 



Mr. White : There is some cabbage seed grown about Rochester. 

 Do you know anything about the relative merits? 



Mr. Wilkinson: I have not come across the men who are grow- 

 ing it. If they grow in this part, there are no reasons why they can- 

 not grow here as well. Danish Ball Head comes from across the 

 water practically altogether. I see no reason why New York cannot 

 raise the same class of seed as Michigan. 



Mr. White: In large cabbage growing sections, I do not see 

 why seed cannot be grown locally. 



Mr. Wilkinson: There are certain sections particularly adapted 

 to the growing of cabbage, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts seeds. 

 We have yet to find whether there are other sections that will not be 

 better for the production of seed than Long Island. If we can raise 

 such good cabbage, we may be able to preserve it for seed. 



ADAPTATION 



I would like to give a few reasons why cabbage is cultivated more 

 in the North than the South. The only time the South cultivates 

 cabbage is very early in the summer. The reason is that the require- 

 ments of the cabbage are moisture in air and soil and a relatively 

 cool season. This is obtained in the South only early in the spring 

 or in the winter. To give an illustration, in speaking of Danish Ball 

 Head, in certain parts of Pennsylvania it is impossible to grow that 

 cabbage, also farther south. In New York and New England and 

 parts of the North further west, it can be grown quite successfully 

 on certain classes of soil. That is only one cabbage. We find other 

 cabbages that are more cosmopolitan, but still they require moisture 

 in soil and air and a relatively cool season for best growth. That 

 may account for the fact that, we have a lot of southern cabbage 

 coming into the market from now through the early spring. 



soils 



The general considerations for the preparation of soil for cabbage 

 vary slightly in different sections. There are some men that claim 

 that for the best production of cabbage, they should have a certain 



