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LATE CABBAGE 



these other sources, conditions being equal. We have done 

 all our work with the Danish Ball Head, so we are sure not 

 to get other varieties mixed in, as is often the case in a seed 

 growing section. 



The cabbage plant seems to be twice as hard to breed up 

 as other plants, because it takes two j^ears to get a crop of 

 seed. There seem to be insect and fungus enemies that 

 make no end of trouble. Perhaps these are the reasons why 

 so few have tried to produce good seed. This coming season 

 we are in hopes to have seed enough to supply a few parties 

 besides ourselves. 



Where one is forced to depend upon commercial seed, it is 

 a good plan to buy early enough so some seedlings can be 

 raised before seed sowing time. By so doing, one can often 

 detect mistakes, such as getting early cabbage for late ones, 

 or reds for whites. This will also give you a germination 

 test. 



Do everything else right about a cabbage crop except get 

 good seed, and you will surely fail. 



The Seed Bed — Seed Treatment. 



The seed bed should be located on a fertile, well drained 

 piece of ground where there will be no washing or accumula- 

 tion of water. Choose ground as free from weeds and ver- 

 min as possible. In or near an old barnyard is a very poor 

 place. The soil should certainly be free from club root or 

 any of the cabbage rots. 



The ground should be thoroughly fitted. If it is so fine 

 that there are no lumps larger than a pea, it is all the better. 

 Give the ground a good dressing of lime or wood ashes, also 

 apply about one hundred pounds of complete fertilizer to 

 every six hundred square feet of ground. This is about the 

 area required for sowing a pound of seed when the bed is 

 not screened. Cover the seed with a peg-toothed -drag as 

 shallow as possible. Then firm the ground with a roller. 

 We always treat our seed before sowing with the following 

 solution : For one pound of seed dissolve one corrosive subli- 

 mate tablet in one pint of water in an earthen dish. These 

 tablets can be obtained from any drug store for about one 



