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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 

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

 from end of October to end of November, as slated 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. Earl}- 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 Au- 

 gust. 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 thin- 

 ly in seed beds, and water several times during the day; in fact the seed bed is never al- 

 lowed to get 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 be- 

 tween the plants and in the walks between the beds, are a preventive against the fly. 



Early "Winningstadt. 



Early York. An early variety, but 

 very little grown here except for family use. 

 As we have cabbage 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. 



X,arge York. About two or three weeks 

 later than the above, forming hard heads 

 not grown for the market. Recommended 

 for family use. 



Early Large Oxheart. 



Early Large Oxheart. An excellent 

 vs.riety, which is later than the Large York, 

 and well adapted for sowing in fall or early 

 spring. 



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 



Large York. 



St. Denis or Chou Bonneuil. 



