Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-01

the roots firmly; leave the surface covered
with dry earth Get DO mud be in sight, to
bake and get hard. II the plants wilt very
much, which is unlikely, give a watering
the next afternoon. Ia a few DAYS
after transplauting, hoe them lightly
as We gardeners have more faith
in the hoe than the watering pot.
The after culture will be very easy and
/ simple. Run a light harrow both ways
once week until the leaves expand, so as
70 make IL impFscticable. IL the worms
grow troublesome, turn all hands out and
gill the Pesis. Hundreds Of acres of to-
bacco are "Wormed' regularly why not
lew cabbages? Worms will not be trouble
some ~ The cool fall months, after the dews
are copious.
On one acre you will make 1900 large
heads Tor stock-(the Savoys yOu can put
"a your garden T there will be but little else
IA II IN August which will give you fifty
or sixty thousand pounds Of green food lor
WlnierIng stock. The cost Of this acre VIII
not exceed one cent per head Of cabbage,
/ counting cost Of manure, seeds and labor.
Near sInall towns and Villages, there will
be no difficulty in selling enough 10 return
this outlay. "a =.
By adopting the directions here given,
you will find it az easy TO have ''phae
headedD cabbages here as in the North.
The cabbages shipped to us are all fall
grown. The seeds are sown in the latitude
Of Boston, about the first of June, and the
plants put ont" about the middle of July,
Our season is about one month iu advance
Of theirs in spring, and as much LGtE in the
Jail hence, % get the same climate, We must
begin IN July and transplant in August.
have known one instance, in the neigh
borhood Of this city, in which several seeds
were dropped In The checks on the tenth Of
August. Very fine cabbages resulted from
the experiment. i would rather, however
transplant. Cabbages must have their
roots broken and be set deep in the ground
TO head we'll and uniformly. r....
The preservation ia winter is easily &C
compllshed. Dig out trench a foot Of
eighteen inches deep, dry the bottom
: thoroughly by slight under drain, anC
pack the cabbages in, roots down and head
up, az they grew. Cover up with corr
stalks and straw to keep out the hard frost
, Three degrees south of this, they need no
be removed from the field or garden. Thu
Sayoys stand more frOst than the other va
; rieties, and are much better favored.
5 To save seeds, plant out, in early spring
a few Of the finest, best shaped, and hardies
heads, allowing only single center shoe
to grow up, which, keep erect by tying 10
stake. Keep your seed cabbages, and seeC
turnips, remote from each other. They ar
of the same family, and may mix to thu
3 disadvantage Of both. Keep The Savoy
, and late drumheads, also, apart. FL.
/ advise every one 10 save their owl
seeds. First, because it saves a dollar eael
7 year, for each acre; and these single dol
: lars, when made into heap, supper
many people not of US. Secondly, hay
an idea there is much TO be gained in tn
way Of perfeCting all cur vegetables b.
s acclimation. We have a better nativ
turnip than they have at the North. VIII.
may we not have better cabbages also
e They are Of the same family. l have oil
= trial West Tennessee drumhead variety
= and another from near Milledgeville. ]
| the latter possesses half the merit attribute
to il, I'll see that it takes the place G
e Northern sorts, in a few years.
Il GEORGE w. GIFT.
Memphis, Tenn, May, 1868.