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there displayed. He received a prize for "Frotscher's Flat Dutch Cabbage" and Early 

 Blood Turnip Beets. Ten heads of Cabbage, devoid of all outside leaves, weighed one 

 hundred and seventy-three pounds. They were raised on Captain Marcy's place, one 

 mile below Algiers. They were not exhibited for competition, but merely to show our 

 Northern visitors what fine vegetables we have here during the winter, when at their 

 homes everything is covered with snow and ice. The Comn.ittee of Awards on Vegeta- 

 bles gave the prize without any solicitation on his part — they thinking it well merited. 



CULTURE. 



Cabbage requires a strong, good soil, and should be heavily manured. To raise large 

 Cabbage without good soil and without working the plants well is an impossibility. Cab- 

 bage is sown here almost every month of the year, but the seed for the main crop should 

 be sown from July to September. Some sow earlier, but July is time enough. For a suc- 

 cession, seed can be sown till November. The main crop for spring should be sown from 

 end of October to end of November, as stated before. The raising of Cabbage for spring 

 has become quite an item of late years Brunswick should be sown a little earlier than 

 the Early Summer — the latter kind not till November, but in a frame, so the young plants 

 can be protected against cold weather, which we generally have between December and 

 January. After the middle of January setting out can be commenced with. These early 

 varieties of Cabbage require special fertilizing to have them large. Early varieties are 

 sown during the winter and early spring. Cabbage is a very important crop, and one of 

 the best paying for the market gardener. It requires more work and attention than most 

 people are willing to give to raise Cabbage plants during the months of July and August. 

 We have found, by careful observation, that plants raised in August are the surest to head 

 here. The most successful gardeners in raising cabbage plants sow the seeds thinly in 

 s<:ed beds, and water several times duriug the day; in fact the seed bed is never allowed to 

 set dry from the sowing of the seed till large enough to transplant. There is no danger 

 in doing this of scalding the plants, as many would suppose; but on the contrary the plants 

 thrive well, and so treated will be less liable to be attacked by cabbage flies, as they are 

 too often disturbed during the day. Tobacco stems chopped up and scattered between the 

 plants and in the w 7 alks between the beds, are a preventive against the fly. 



Early Winningstadt 



y Early York. An early variety, but very 

 little grown here except for family use. As 

 we have cabbfge heading up almost the 

 whole year, it has not the same value as in 

 Northern climates, where the first cabbage 

 in spring brings a good price. 



v I^arge York. About two or three weeks 

 later than the above, forming hard heads 

 not grown for the market. Recommended 

 for family use. 



i Early I^arge Oxheart An excellent 

 variety, which is later than the Large York, 

 and well adapted for sowing in fall or early 

 spring. 



Early Large Oxheart. 



/Early Winningstadt. This is a very 

 solid heading variety; pointed, of good size 

 and of the same season as the Oxheart. 

 Very good for family use, but does not suit 

 the market, as no pointed cabbage can be 

 sold to any advantage in the New Orleans 

 market. 



/Jersey Wakefield. Very popular in 

 the north, but little planted here. It is of 

 medium size and heads up well. 



Early Flat Dutch. An intermediate 

 kind between the early pointed and late 

 varieties. It is not, on an average, as heavy 

 as the Oxheart or Winningstadt, but if 



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