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Cabbage will not stand extreme heat or dryness 
and will grow well only where there is some mois¬ 
ture and coolness. Most good garden soil will pro¬ 
duce satisfactory cabbage if it is properly enriched. 
Commercially it is grown on soil ranging from 
sandy loam to very heavy clay or even mulch. Per¬ 
haps what is more important than texture is soil 
moisture, this must be adequate and conserved by 
constant cultivation. Most important of all is fertil¬ 
ity, no crop repays so richly the expenditure in fer¬ 
tilizer as cabbage. It is most advisable to use a com¬ 
mercial fertilizer that could be applied before plant¬ 
ing, at the rate of 11 pounds to 100 foot row. You 
will also find that it will pay to top dress about three 
weeks after the plants are set out with Nitrate of 
Soda at the rate of 1^4 pounds to 100 foot row. The 
Nitrate of Soda application is necessary only for the 
early varieties. 
Sow the seed in fine soil in flats during February 
or March. Do not make the soil too rich as it is likely 
to make the seedlings grow too fast and become 
lanky. Make small drills about *4 inch deep and 2 to 
3 inches apart and put 6 to 8 seeds in each drill. 
Water often and keep an even temperature of 50 to 
60 degrees. 
When seedlings are 3 to 4 inches high replant 
further apart in flats or boxes. This insures stocky 
instead of spindling plants, and makes them a month 
or six weeks earlier than if the plants were set out. 
Cabbage is set at different intervals, depending upon 
variety—early varieties should be set about 14 inches 
apart in rows 28 inches apart. Late season varieties 
should be set 24 inches apart in rows 36 inches apart. 
If planted much closer they would be crowding and 
result in small heads. 
MIDSEASON VARIETIES 
Stein’s Dwarf Flat Dutch. Heads globular, 
solid. Plants are dwarf with short stems. 
Packet, 5c; oz., 25c 
Glory of Enkhuizen. Heads large, round, solid 
with few outer leaves. Excellent kraut cabbage. 
Packet, 5c; oz., 25c 
LATE OR WINTER VARIETIES 
Packet, 5c; oz., 25c 
Danish Ball Head. Most widely used type of 
late cabbage. Heads deep, round with hard, compact 
interior. Stubby with short stems. 
Late Flat Dutch. Large, flat, solid heads. 6^/2 
to 7 inches deep. 
Other Varieties. Danish Round Head, Penn 
State Ball Head, Red Rock (red cabbage), Late 
Savoy, Wong Bock and Chinese Petsai—both 
Chinese cabbage. 
EARLY VARIETIES 
Early Jersey Wakefield. 
Small compact conical heads, 
plants small short stem. 
Packet, 5c; oz., 25c 
Copenhagen Market. Heads 
small, round, solid. Plants com¬ 
pact with short stems. 
Packet, 5c; oz., 25c 
Golden Acre. Earlier than 
Copenhagen Market. Heads are 
small, round and solid. 
Packet, 5c; oz., 25c 
Charles Wakefield. Producing 
larger heads than Early Jersey 
Wakefield but is a week later in maturing. Heavy 
yielder of fine quality. Packet, 5c; oz., 25c. 
DANISH BALL HEAD CABBAGE 
Early types can be set out as 
soon as there is no danger of hard 
frosts. Late types, should, over 
most of the northern states, be 
placed by August 1st. It takes 
from 45 to 50 plants for a row 
100 feet long. 
Cabbages are divided into three 
groups—Early, Midseason and 
Late or Winter varieties. 
Straight Eight Cucumber. As its name 
indicates, it grows very straight, a long, slen¬ 
der fruit with a slight taper at each end. The 
most desirable slicing cucumber you can plant. 
At the edible stage the length averages about 
eight inches and the color is an intense dark 
green. The fruits are smooth and medium 
early. Packet, 10c; oz., 25c; y 4 lb., 75c. 
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