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and distorted, is difficult to manage if cabbages or allied plants are 

 grown continuously on land in which diseased plants have been raised. 

 Changing the location of the cabbage or cauliflower patch is the best 

 procedure. If very different crops, as corn, potatoes, peas, tomatoes, 

 are grown on the land, the disease will be starved out in two or 

 three years (p. 208). 



There are many ways of storing cabbages for winter and spring use, 

 none of which are uniformly successful. The general subject is dis- 

 cussed on p. 158. On this point T. 

 Greiner writes as follows : ''I have 

 heretofore piled a lot of cabbages cut 

 from the stump in a conical heap in 

 the field, and covered them with clusters 

 of the outer leaves cut off with a piece 

 of the stump. The leaves are carefully 

 placed over the heap in shingle fashion, 

 so as to shed water. Cabbages thus 

 piled and covered may be left out until 

 real winter weather sets in. But I find 

 that slugs and earthworms frequently 

 infest the cabbages thus stored, and do 

 a good deal of damage. It might be 

 well to place a solid floor of lime or salt 

 upon the ground, and then pack the 

 cabbages upon this. If to be left out after severe freezing has set in, 

 one should put additional covering, such as straw, corn-stalks or marsh 

 hay, over the whole heap." Mr. Burpee's little book, * Cabbage and 

 Cauliflower for Profit,' written by J. M. Lupton, a prominent cabbage- 

 grower, suggests the following plan for early winter sales : Take the 

 cabbages up with the roots on, and store in well-ventilated cellars, 

 where they will keep till mid-winter. Or stack them in some sheltered 

 position about the barn, placing one above the other in tiers, with the 

 roots inside, and covering deeply with seaweed ; or if this cannot be 

 obtained, something like cornstalks may be used to keep them from 

 the weather as much as possible (Fig. 299) . When thus stored, they 

 may be obtained any time during the winter when prices are 

 favorable. 



299. 



A method of storing cab- 

 bages. 



