Cabbage Parsley 
Brussells Sprouts Swiss Chard 
Kale Leeks 
Globe Artichoke Onions 
Jerusalem Artichoke and 
Kohl-rabi all the root crops 
Celery 
Production of Beet Seed 
Those roots which were selected according to the ideas expressed 
in the general methods of procedure are harvested in the fall with the 
main crop. After the roots are pulled, the tops may either be twisted 
or cut off, care being taken not to injure the central bud, which if 
hurt or destroyed may not produce seed as well as it otherwise would. 
The roots are then stored by burying them in the ground out of the 
reach of frost. 
In April, the roots are taken out of storage and transplanted into 
a rich soil, placing them in rows about three feet apart with the roots 
two feet apart in the row, and deep enough to entirely cover the root. 
When setting out, do not break off the tender sprouts. Cultivate and 
keep free from weeds, finally ridging up to the rows to help support 
the seed stalks, unless each plant is to be staked for support. 
The seeds are produced on the numerous branches from the main 
stalk, and are firmly attached. The large seed is produced near the 
base of the branches, and the seed gradually becomes smaller near the 
tips. Hereafter, by pinching off the tips of these shoots, when the seed 
is forming, it has a tendency to increase the size of all the seed pro- 
duced. 
When about two-thirds of the seed has become brown and par- 
tially dry, on any of the seed stalks, such stalks are cut and placed 
under shelter. After the seed is separated, it is spread out thinly to 
dry for about two weeks, when it is cleaned and stored. 
Beet seed will retain its vitality for seven years. 
Production of Cabbage Seed 
Cabbage seed is very easy to grow and save. The usual method is 
to select the most desirable plants from the late crop, and store these 
over winter in a trench with the roots attached. Those plants which 
are immature in the fall will keep better than the hard heads; however, 
it frequently happens that the large, hard heads are the most desirable 
for seed purposes. If these are stored over winter, it will probably be 
necessary to cut crosswise in the surface of the head, the following 
