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CABBAGE ON THE PACIFIC COAST 
npHE perfect adaptability of cabbage to widely varying 
climatic and soil conditions is proven splendidly on 
the Pacific Coast. It thrives equally well under the 
influence of the open coast and on the lowlands and 
mountain slopes of the interior. 
When to plant cabbage on the Pacific Coast cannot 
be determined by definite dates because of the great 
variation in temperature in even one and the same small 
section. On the broad principle that cabbage needs plenty 
of moisture, it is a winter crop, and generally speaking, 
most plants are set out in September. 
There are a few special strains of early and late cabbages 
that prove particularly suitable to growing on the Pacific 
Coast. Besides Jersey Wakefield, already mentioned, 
there is the late conical variety Winnigstadt. Danish 
Ballhead, as illustrated above, is widely grown under the 
name of Hollander. Burpee’s Surehead is a strain of 
Premium Flat Dutch particularly liked in California. 
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