This vegetable 
will not stand 
extreme heat or 
dryness and will grow well only 
where there is adequate moisture 
and cool weather. Most good gar- 
den soil will produce satisfactory 
cabbage if it is properly enriched. 
Commercially it is grown on soil 
ranging from sandy loam to very 
hard clay or even mulch. Perhaps 
what is more important than tex- 
ture is soil moisture. This must be 
adequate and conserved by con- 
stant cultivation. Most important 
of all is fertility, no crop repays so 
richly the expenditure of fertilizer 
as cabbage. It is most advisable to 
use a commercial fertilizer that 
could be applied before planting 
at the rate of 11 pounds to a 100 
foot row. It is also advisable to 
top dress about three weeks after 
the plants are set out with Nitrate 
of Soda at the rate of 114 pounds 
to 100 foot row. The Nitrate of 
Soda application is necessary only 
for the early varieties. 
Sow seed in flats during February and March, 
use normal soil as richly fertilized types will 
cause the seedlings to grow too fast and become 
spindly. When seedlings are 3 to 4 inches high 
replant further apart in flats or boxes. This in- 
sures stocky instead of spindly plants and makes 
them a month or six weeks earlier than if the 
plants were set out. Cabbage should be set out 
at different intervals depending upon variety. 
Early varieties should be set about 14 inches 
apart in rows 28 inches apart. Late season vari- 
eties should be set 24 inches apart in rows 36 
inches apart. If planted much closer they would 
be crowding and result in small heads. Prices 
Bue otherwise noted. Packet, 10c; 14 ounce, 
Cc. 
EARLY VARIETIES 
Early Jersey Wakefield. Small compact, con- 
ical heads. Plants small, short stemmed. 
Copenhagen Market. Heads small, round, and 
solid. Plants compact with short stems. 
Golden Acre. Earlier than Copenhagen Mar- 
ket. Heads are small, round and solid. 
MID-SEASON VARIETIES 
Dwarf Flat Dutch. Heads globular and solid. 
Plants are dwarf with short stems. 
LATE VARIETIES 
Danish Ballhead. 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 61% 
to 7 inches deep. 
Other varieties:’ Danish Roundhead, Red 
Hook Late Savoy, Wong Bok and Chinese 
etsai. 

DANISH BALL HEAD CABBAGE 
HALIAN BRUCCULI seg; seet 
ing herb 
about 2 feet 
high. In summer all of the lateral branches and 
the circle ones end in a small green open head. 
This, which should be cut before it actually 
flowers, is cooked like cauliflower or spinach 
and is very delicious and rich in vitamins. 
The plant prefers coolness and moisture. Un- 
less you are in a particularly favorable place, 
such as the sea coast, Italian Broccoli is best 
treated as a two-season crop. First it is started 
in a hotbed or greenhouse in February or March 
and transplanted to the open after frost. The 
second crop is sown in the seed bed in June or 
July and transplanted to the garden a month or 
six weeks later. The later crop can be harvested 
throughout the Autumn months. 
Plants should be set two feet apart in rows 
which are themselves two feet apart. A single 
row of 50 plants is ample for a family of five. 
The soil should be well cultivated. Packet, 10c; 
ounce, $1.25. 


St. Valentine Broccoli. This variety is very 
similar to cauliflower, it must be planted with 
the same cultural directions. Packet, 10c; 
ounce, $1.25. 
HEC ' tinct variety of cress with tasty, 
small, oval leaves. Grown easily 
in shallow ponds or along the edges of small 
streams. Excellent for all kinds of salad. Pkt., 
5c; ounce, 45c; 14 pound, $1.50, postpaid. 
Curled or Pepper Grass. Its leaves have a very 
pleasant pungency, which gives it the common 
name ‘Pepper Grass.'’ The spicy foliage is 
frilled or curled, making it very attractive for 
salad trimmings. Sow thickly in drills. Packet, 
5c; ounce, 15c; 14 pound, 45c, postpaid. 
True Water Cress. A very dis- 
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