CABBAGE. 
The Cabbage requires a deep, rich soil and thorough working. If these requirements are met 
and good seed planted, there is no difficulty in obtaining fine, solid heads. For early use, the 
plants should be started in a hot-bed or cold-frame ; but seed for winter Cabbage should be sown 
in a seed-bed, early in the spring. Some gardeners prefer to grow plants for early spring Cab- 
bage in a frame in the autumn, protecting them with boards or matting during the winter, but 
without good care plants saved in this way often prove a loss. In a mild climate, plants may 
not only be started in the autumn, but transplanted, and will make considerable growth during 
the winter season. Some varieties seem to do best if the seed is sown in the hills where they 
are to remam ; and this is particularly the case with the Marblehead varieties. Sow two or three 
seeds where each plant is desired, and then pull up all but the strongest. The large varieties 
require to be planted about three feet apart; the small, early sorts, from a foot to eighteen inches. 
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