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worm is troublesome only in spring; not with late cabbage. 
The root maggot is sometimes very destructive, both with 
cabbage and cauliflower. New ground is the most satisfac- 
tory remedy. Green aphides or lice often follow lack of 
strength in the cabbage. Pyrethrum powder, air-slacked 
lime, kerosene emulsion, etc., are used as remedies for lice. 
The pyrethrum may be used dry or in water, at the rate of 
a tablespoonful to two gallons. The green cabbage worm, 
one of the worst of all enemies, can be pretty effectually 
checked by means of air-slaked lime dusted over the leaves. 
Other caterpillars yield to the same treatment. 
Bursting. — Bursting of cabbage heads is caused by a 
second growth, the result, perhaps, of continued wet weather, 
or warm weather following cold weather. The best remedy 
is to cut part of the feeding roots, either by close cultivation 
or with a hoe. 
Selling — Cabbage prices vary between extremes that are 
far separated. Early cabbage usually sells at a good profit. 
Summer and autumn prices may be low. Winter and spring 
prices are almost always fair, and occasionally extra. Penn- 
sylvania farmers sometimes ship to wholesalers in the cities 
and sometimes sell at public sale in the open field, in the 
autumn, just as the crop stands. The latter plan is an excel- 
lent one, where auction prices warrant it. It avoids the cost 
and risk of storage, as each buyer removes and stores his 
purchase. 
Storage. — Cabbage will bear much freezing without in- 
jury. The art of winter storage is to put it where it will have 
the fewest changes of temperature, and where it will be cool 
and damp without being wet. 
The most common practice is to cover two or three rows 
of inverted heads, with roots attached, with from 6 to 12 
inches of soil, making provision for good drainage by ditches 
on both sides of the wedge-shaped heap. • 
