
First early varieties 
Dust with Aphicide R-1 to control worms Cabbage 
Number of days given is time from transplanting plants 
until ready for use. Plants are ready to set 4 to 5 weeks 
after planting seed. 

1 oz. of Seed to 3,000 Plants—],, lb. per acre 
@ Cabbage may be grown in all parts of the United States and 
special directions regarding the time and methods of planting ap- 
plicable to all localities cannot be given. In general, north of the 
40th parallel the early sorts should be sown very early in hot beds, 
hardening off gradually by exposing them to the night air and trans- 
planting as early as hard freezing weather is over, setting 18 to 36 
inches apart, according to the size and variety. South of the 40th 
parallel sow about the middle of September or later, according to 
the latitude, transplanting to cold frames if necessary to Keep 
through the winter and setting in open ground as early as possible 
in the spring. It is important that the plants should not be shaded 
or crowded in the seed bed or they will run up weak and slender 
and will not stand transplanting well. ; 
See page 5 under article ‘‘Successful Gardening” for information 
regarding the building and maintaining of hotbeds. 
Cabbage should be hoed every week and the ground stirred as 
they advance in growth, throwing up a little earth to the plants 
until they begin to head, when they should be thoroughly cultivated 
and left to mature. Loosening of the roots will sometimes retard 
the bursting cf the full grown heads. To destroy root maggots, 
pour a small quantity of a solution made of one ounce of corrosive 
sublimate to 10 gallons of water at the base of the plant. Be very 
careful, as this solution is deadly poison. For control of aphis and 
cabbage worms see Aphicide R-l, page 88. Dusting should be 
thorough, early in the season, and continued as necessary up to the 
time of cutting heads for use. Gather for winter storage before 
freezing weather sets in. Do not remove the leaves or soil. 
Stand the plants upright in a cool cellar with roots in the sand 
_or store in pits or trenches, roots up. If pitted, cover with a layer 
of straw; then with soil. Thickness of the cover will depend on 
weather conditions. The pits should be in a well drained soil and 
some ventilation given through the soil covering to the straw by 
means of a pipe or tile. 

FROM NEBR.—Last year you let our Farm Bureau unit order seeds in 
bulk at your special prices to market growers. May we do so again? All the 
members declare your seeds the best they have ever used and we sent the 
money saved to the Seeds for Britain fund. I’d like a reply soon as our unit 
meets the ist of February. 
LL 
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