Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
AGRICULTURAL.
Growing Cabbage.


Late cabbage is q more important
crop than that which is early, as 1t is
not required to market them at once,
much enables the grower to obtain good
prices for the crop during the winter
season, when most vegetables are scarce.
Nor does the late crop require not
bed for forcing, nor come in competition
with the Southern product. The, pre-,
paration of field for cabbage should
bevery thorough, deep blowing and
narrowing being necessary to get the
soil in proper condition. AS the cab
bage plant in a gross feeder, any quanti-
ty of manure may be used without dan
ger, and it should be we'll worked In
and incorporated with the soil. They
should be set in rows of sufficient width
to allow horse and cultivator to pass
through with ease, as it is..upon the Gull
tivation of the crop that the grower
must depend for success. Too much
cultivation cannot be given cabbage,
for the oftener the soil is stirred the bet
ter, and especially in dry season. No
other plant should be allowed to grow
in the field, as nothing succumbs quick
er to weeds than cabbage.
The best manure for cabbage, ifsize
without quality is desired, is that from
the hog pen but if good, crisp cabbage,
of fair size, is preferred, manure from
the stable, that has become fine and
we'll rotted, is sure to give good results.
Of fertilizers a mixture of superrhos.
phate, plaster and guano will be found
excellent, and IT is better to apply the
fertilizer at intervals during the growth
of the crop than at one operation.
The obstacle in the way of growing
cabbages at present is the cabbage
worm. So tenacious of life is this pest
that no remedy is known that may be
considered entirely etfectual. The free
use of saltpetre, dissolved in water and
sprinkled well over plants, is recon-
mended by some, and, fit does not
prevent the ravages Of the worm, is an
excellent substitute for the guano as a
fertilizer. Paris green, London purple
and helleboro should not be used on
sucn plants, as it is dangerous. Profess
sor Sturtevant, is detailing the results
of his experiments, found that hot
water applied to the cabbage destroyed
portion of the worms, but caused the
leaves to turn yellow. The most salts
fcctory remedy, though not entirely
tffectual In all cases, consisted OF hall
pound each of hard soap and kerosene
oil in three gallons of water; but as the
growing cabbage presents such mass
Of leaves, within which the worm may
be concealed, the application should be
repeated occasionally. The worm will
be killed if the solution can only be
made to reach it.
In saving seed select, late in the fall
the best heads, and cut off the stalks
close to them then place the heads on
the ground which should be slightly
elevated and cover we'll with earth to
protect during winter. AS soon as
spring opens remove the covering, cut
the cabbage crossways with a sharp
knife and it will soon sprout to seed,
single cabbage yielding quite large
quantity. 1t is necessary to give some
Kind of support to the seed-stallIs, how
ever, and the pods should be picked off,
carried to the barn and the seeds beaten
out on clean place,