
DANISH BALL HEAD CABBAGE 
BEETS (Continued ) 
Make the rows 12 inches apart if you culti- 
vate with a hoe or wheel hoe. Cultivate deeply 
and often at first but carefully so the young 
seedlngs will not be disturbed. 
Packet, 5c; 42 ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c. 
P. S. C. Market Gardener. Extra early and 
remarkable for its fine quality and rapid 
growth. The tops are small, the roots are deep 
red, globe shaped and the flesh is of dark red 
variety. It is preferred by market gardeners be- 
cause it matures evenly, stands long and does 
not split. 
Detroit Dark Red. Due to its uniformity in 
size and smooth, handsome appearance it is a 
very popular variety with commercial growers 
as well as home gardeners. Roots are deep red, 
globe shaped with small tap root. This variety 
is entirely free of white rings and retains its 
tasty flavor after it grows to full size. Excellent 
for pickling. 
Early Blood Turnip Beet. An improved va- 
riety over the blood turnip type. Tops are large, 
roots dark red and nearly round. Flesh deep 
red with lighter zoning, sweet, crisp and tender. 
These beets are recommended for summer and 
fall use. 
Extra Early Egyptian. One of the best for 
forcing. Tops are small, the roots are dark red 
and flat on the bottom with a very small tap 
root. 
Other varieties—Crosby Egyptian and Early 
Wonder. 
MANGEL WURZEL. Seed should be sown 
at the rate of 5 to 6 pounds per acre and 
thinned to 10 inches apart in rows. 
Mangels should be planted early in the 
spring in rows 2% feet apart, the seed should 
be 1 inch apart in the rows and covered by 114 
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is soil moisture. This must be adequate and conserved by 
constant cultivation. Most important of all is fertility, no 
crop repays so richly the expenditure of fertilizer as cab- 
bage. 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 1144 pounds to 100 foot row. The Nitrate of Soda 
application is necessarly 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 varieties should 
be set 24 inches apart in rows 36 inches apart. If planted 
much closer they would be crowding and result in small 
inches of soil firmly pressed down. When plants 
are 3 inches high begin to thin until roots are 
10 inches apart. One ounce of seed plants ap- 
proximately 100 feet and 5 pounds to the acre. 
Packet, 5c; ounce, 25c; 14 pound, 75c. 
P. S. C. Heavy Cropper. One of the largest 
Yellow Mangels easily pulled as it grows two- 
thirds above the ground. We highly recommend 
this variety because of its outstanding quality. 
Half Sugar Mangels double the yield of 
sugar beets. Roots large, smooth, creamy white 
with few rootlets tops medium size. 
Danish Sludstrup. Roots long, reddish yellow, 
good yielder growing well above the ground. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Primarily a fall and 
winter vegetable. The plant will not mature 
properly in intense heat and dryness. It is 
closely related to the cabbage and seed plant- 
ing should be treated exactly as that of the late 
cabbage varieties. 
When the plants reach a growth of 5 to 7 
inches high pinch off a few of the leaves and 
set out about 18 inches apart in rows that are 
2 feet apart. 
Cultivate frequently especially after rain. 
Sprouts begin forming in the leaf bases of the 
lower leaves first. To stimulate their production 
it is a good plan to break off most of the lower 
leaves of the plants beginning about October 
Ist or when the buds develop. This also forces 
more food into the forming sprouts, the lowest 
of which should be picked first. 
Packet, 10c; ounce, 75c. 
CABBAGE. This vegetable will not stand ex- 
treme heat or dryness and will grow well only 
where there is adequate moisture and cool 
weather. Most good garden 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 texture 
heads. Prices unless otherwise noted. 
Packet, 10c; % ounce, 30c; ounce, 50c. 
EARLY VARIETIES 
Early Jersey Wakefield. Small compact, conical heads. 
Plants small, short stemmed. 
Copenhagen Market. Heads small, round, and solid. 
Plants compact with short stems. 
Golden Acre. Earlier than Gopenhieen Mar- 
ket. Heads are small, round and solid. 
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 644 
to 7 inches deep. 
Other varieties: Danish Roundhead, Red 
Rock, Late Savoy, Wong Bok and Chinese 
Petsai, Early Flat Dutch. 
ITALIAN BROCCOLI. A branching 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 cauli- 
flower or spinach and is very delicious and rich 
in vitamins, 
The plant prefers coolness and moisture. 
Unless 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 65c. 
St. Valentine Broccoli. This variety is very 
similar to cauliflower, it must be planted with 
the same cultural directions. 
Packet, 10c; % ounce, 65c. 
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