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The late autumn and winter varieties may 
be sown in a seed bed, from the middle to the 
last of spring, and transplanted when about six 
inches high, to twenty-eight inches apart each 
way. Shade and water the late sowings, in dry 
weather to get them up. It is important that 
the plants should stand thinly in the seed bed 
or they will run up weak and slender, and be 
likely to make long stumps 
Cabbages should be hoed every week and 
the ground stirred deeper as they advance in 
growth, drawing up a little earth to the plants 
each time, until they begin to head, when they 
should be well dug between and hilled up 
After they arc partly headed, it is the practice 
of some gardeners to lay them over on one side. 
Loosening the roots will sometimes retard the 
bursting of full-grown heads. 
To preserve cabbages during the winter pull 
Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead. 
Improved American Savoy.—Closely approaching 
the Cauliflower in delicacy and delicious flavor. The 
best of all the Savoys for general market or home use. 
It has a short stump, grows to a large size, is compact 
and solid, and a sure header. 
Green Globe Savoy. 
them on a dry day, and turn them over on the heads a 
few hours to drain. Set them out in a cool cellar, or 
bury them, with the head downwards in long trenches, 
in a dry situation. In the middle States bury the head 
and part of the stump in the open ground, and place 
over them a light covering of straw and boards, to protect 
them in severe weather. 
.Quintal Drumhead. 
Drumhead Savoy.—Grows to a large size, and heads 
nearly rouild, a little flattened on the top ; color dark 
green. 
Early Dwarf Ulm Savoy. 
CultI'KK.—F or cabbages, the ground must be highly 
manured, deeply dug or plowed, and thoroughly worked 
to insure good, full-sized heads. A heavv, moist and 
fresh l«\im is most suitable. The early sorts should be 
sown very early, ir. hot-beds, and transplanted early in 
the spring. In the milder climate of the Southern 
States it is better to sow the seed of the early sorts in 
open ground from middle of September to middle of 
October, and about the middle of November transplant 
to cold frames, where they are preserved through the 
winter, and set out early in the spring. Eighteen inches 
to two feet apart is the common distance. In trans¬ 
planting, they must be set in the ground up to the first 
lea /", no matter long the stem may be. 
CARROT. 
Fr. Carotte. — Ger. Moehrcn. 
The Carrot, in its cultivated state, is generally served 
at table boiled with meats; it also makes an excellent 
ingredient for soups. As an agricultural root, it is not 
surpassed for feeding cattle and horses. 
Earliest Short Horn (for forcing.) — The earliest 
variety in culti- 
vation; used 
mostly by mar¬ 
ket gardeners for 
forcing. Is small 
but of excellent 
quality. 
Early Scarlet 
Horn. — This is 
the best early 
variety. It is 
shorter than 
most of the other 
u . sorts, and the 
Horn, for root terminates 
rorcing abruptly, giving 
it a blunt appearance ; color deep 
orange; fine grained, and agreeably Horn, 
flavored ; top small. It is best for table use, and will 
grow well on shallow soil. Sow six inches apart, in 
fourteen-inch drills. 
Danvers.— Originated in Danvers, Mass, (as did the 
Danvers Onion), where they rai>c from 20 to 30 tons 
per acre, it is of medium length, rich, dark orange in 
