The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-10-25
The Home Garden.
BY j. II. FOSTER, OF TANGERINE, FL.
(Conti,1uod from page 177,)
CABBAGE,

lJOntHltCU from page I(I,)
CABBAGE.
About October 1st we sowed seed
in we'll enriched bed from which
we obtained our plants for planting
out from December lst and. onward.
karlier sowings of seed had failed to
germinate well, what few did come
up being devoured by grasshoppers
Our experience has made us deter
mined to get stock of plants to com
mence setting out from about Nos
vember LIST. In addition to the plow.
ed i'll fertilizer we gave our plants a
tablespoonful Of "Mapes" at trans>
planning and as soon as they had re>
covered from the transplanting we
gave them little sips OF something
good to take and they recled off in a
regular race to see which could get
head in the world fastest. People
riding by used TO stop and look at
these cabbages as something wonder
tul for pine land In Florida, just as il
thugs wouldn't do we'll here as well
as at the north if you only treat them
well. We kept on planting till Jan.
uary 25th at which date we planted
a large lot in our sink garden, hoping
soon TO be able to give them a good
dose of "Mapes" But the latter did
not become possible and between lice
and dry weather they perished off
the tace OF the earth. By February
!. LIST weacould use large leaves. from
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tor greens. The first ram IN January
did not come till the 24til and our
cabhages had commcAceG to ask tor
something to drink. March 9th hav~
ing still some plants onhand weplant>
ed in our almost cleared turnip patch.
The lice troubled them and they
cane to nought. Luckily we were
not troubled to any extent with the
cabbage worm or We should have
busted bran (f we could possibly OBJ
tain it\ on the plants. In lieu OF that
we would try kerosene butter. We
were much troubled with green lice.
Trie6 soap suds aud dusting dry lime.
Consider the latter most efeoLual as
YOU are more apt to reach the lice on
the upderside OF leaves. 1t kills
wherever it touches. The trouble il
to touch every louise. In wet sea-
son they are not so Troublesome
Nearly all our December painting
made good heads though some were
not as large as their eaiker growth
gave promise OF beng, We hau
plenty to use through April and May
and few III July LIST.
In August 'Sl l began an expert
ment TO test COW pea vines as a ter
tilizer for cabbage. | bnried some
vines and about six to eight week,
later dug up the same spot finding
very little sem6lance OF pea vince
and buried another lot in same spot
mix1ag in earth as | did 50 SO as tC
not have the rotten vines i'll one soy
gy mass but evenly distributed
through the soil. About month
later planted a cabbage plant ovel
these pea vines. Throughout all it'
growth it has shown greater vigol
than any other plant | have grown
and, though mo great shakes" whel
it was cut on April lst weighed, whei
neatly trimmed, three aud hal
pounds and measured two ieet around
1 am now preparing patch tor cab
bage next winter as follows: 1t l.
twenty five feet wide aud about three
hundred ieet long, say one sixth o
an acre aud will give me five row
of Que hundred and twenty plant
each. / shall place the plants tw'
and halt feet apart in the rows be
cause have allowed such wide space
between the rows. 1t may be tnat
shall use "commercial III trench
between the cabbage rows and plan
irish potatoes wnlcn Will be out o
tae way before the cabbage root
spread, ii they really will spread ava!
from the buried cow~peaa. l plane
cd on it ten rows OF clay peas and IL