HAND BOOK FOR THE GARDEN 9 

BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
One ounce should produce about two thousand plants. This crop 
is very similar to Cabbage and may be grown in the same manner, 
As the heads begin to crowd on the stem, the leaves should be broken 
from the plant to give them more room. Pick the heads after frost. 
For winter use, take up the plants that are well laden with heads and 
coats close together in a pit or cellar with a little soil around the 
roots. 
CABBAGE 
One ounce will produce about two thousand plants. One-half 
pound should make enough plants for an acre. Set out ten plants per 
consumer. Cabbage does best in a rich prairie loam, moist yet well 
drained and in fine condition. In the latitude of Minnesota early 
varieties should be sown in hotbeds in February or March and should 
be transplanted about the last week in April. They are the best for 
table use when three-fourths headed. For second early, the early 
kinds may be sown the first week in April and planted out in May 
for a crop in late July and August. Late Cabbage for Fall and Winter 
use may be sown from May to June, transplanting them before the 
first of July. Plants should be lifted with some soil on roots, 
Have rows 3 feet apart and plant 20 inches apart in row. Set 
with a trowel so that plants slope a trifle towards the North. Plant 
at least 8,000 plants to the acre. If planted too far apart Cabbage 
grows too large for the commercial market. 
Start using a fine tooth cultivator immediately after plants start 
to grow. Keep it up every 4 or 6 days until the Cabbages are large. 
A large sharp knife or hatchet may be used for harvesting. 
Gather October 1st for Winter storage. Do not remove the leaves 
or soil. Stand the plants upright in cold cellar with roots in the 
sand. Cabbage is very hardy and is not injured by slight freezing. 
CAULIFLOWER 
This may be grown in practically the same way as Cabbage. The 
plants, however, are not so hardy, not resisting cold. One ounce 
will produce about two thousand plants. When the heads begin to 
develop, tie the leaves over them to keep out the light and keep the 
heads white. 
CARROTS 
Carrots do best in a sandy, fine, mellow loam, manured the year 
before. Like other root crops, they require a soil in very good 
physical condition as the roots can not develop properly in hard 
grourid. Use one ounce of seed for one hundred feet of drill; four 
pounds per acre; ten feet per consumer. Plant May ist and every 
two weeks until July 1st in rows one and one half feet apart, one inch 
apart in the row and half an inch deep. Press the earth firmly over 
the seeds, which should germinate in twelve to eighteen days. When 
in the third leaf, thin three to four inches apart and cultivate occa- 
sionally until maturity. For Winter storage dig the last crop Octo- 
ber 1st. Cut off the tops and bury the roots in dry sand in the 
cellar, 
