GAEDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



Cabbage. 



For early crop, start seed indoors in February or 

 Marcli and transplant, when four leaves appear, to 

 another seed box until you can plant in open 

 ground in May. For later crop sow seeds in rows 

 in open ground during April and May, and trans- 

 plant during July and August, to 20 in. apart, in 

 rows 3 ft. apart. Cultivate often, to keep moisture 

 in the soil. Prepare to fight pests, early and late. 

 After the seventy or more remedies suggested by 

 one authority, for maggots alone, the amateur 

 might feel like abandoning cabbage, but at the price 

 this moment of $160.00 a ton, wholesale, in New 

 York City, a person with even a handkerchief bed 

 feels like attempting this luxury. 



Carrots. 



Hardy and easily grown, they can be sown in 

 rows that are 12 in. apart, and thinned out to 3 in. 

 apart in the row. They can be started as early as 

 April, and sown for succession up to the middle of 

 July. Cultivate often. 



Cauliflower. 



Treat like cabbage, except that you must start as 

 early as possible, to get ahead of the hot weather, 

 and give the plants plenty of water. When the 



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