The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-20
SHORT CHAPTERS
On Vegetable Culture.
CABBAGE.

On Vegetable Culture.
CABBAGE.
This is one Of the most profitable crops
that Is grown by the market gardener or
trucker. and it is certainly a crop entitled to
much consideration in the home garden. Il
iss vegetable much liked by all classes. and
we'll grown crop Of it is nearly always
sslabe at profitable prices. Local markets
nsv become overstocked sometimes. but it
Il isa crop easily gathered and easily shipped.
It's the very early crops and the very late
ones that are most profitable. The middle
crop Is usually unstable. to a great extent.
Below the 3lst parallel the early crop is OBJ
tanned by setting out the plants in Novem-
Der or early December, and this planting
succeeds even as high up as Middle Georgia
at least three years out of four when prop
erlv planted out early in November. This
may be called the first planting. the second
planting being made the early part of Feb
ruary from plants raised in cold frames in
January. Early maturing varieties. like
the Winningstaul, Early Drumhead
Brunswick aud Early Summer are used for
these paintings. The late crop is put out in
Nav from plants grown in April For this
pldQLllR NhIlclloS llh6 bll6 large, late DTuUn-
head or Flat Dutch are used, and these head
from October to December A splendid
variety fer southern ATTITUDES is q variety
catalogued by a Well known scotsman as
the FLORIDA Header" which heads little
earlier than the Drumhead or Flat Dutch.
There are so many different varieties or
named sorts it is pulling to the amateur or
inexperienced grower to make proper Sc.
lection. There are over q hundred named
sorts listed in the American catalogues. but
many OF these are mere synonyms. There are
quite a number of very distinct varieties.
however and 1t is very important that a
proper selection is made, for on this hinges
success or failure. especially In our latitude,
When variety is once found that proves
sat sfactory it should not be laid aside for
untried varieties. merely upon the recon-
incubation of the introducer or dealer
There are number of reputable growers
Of and dealers in cabbage seeds from whom
one may readily secure frst-class seeds
true to name aud of good quality, and these
are the ones that should be patronized on
all occasions. 1t is never safe to buy seeds
from retail commission houses, as a general
rule, though there are exceptions, of course
In buying cabbage and onion seed especially
one cannot be too particular as to the source
from which they are obtained. Some varie-
ties sOWn IN our climate and on our ordi-
nary soils prove almost absolute failures
while others will make most satisfactory
crops The early crops of cabbage can be
grown by sowing the seed right where the
plants are to grow, but the most common
plan is to SOW the seed in seed beds or cold
frames, for IN this manner the plants may
Be growing while the soil is being properly
mauured and prepared for the crop. When
sown in frames or seed beds in drawing the
plants to set out all imperfect ones should be
rejected, and only the perfect ones put out.
No., r,,111k oP I'LL,
strain of seed is used, that have imperfect
buds, or entirely lacking buds, and these are
not likely to make good hard-head cabbage
The plants should not be allowed to grow
too thickly in the seed beds. One had better
pay IS or $40 per pound for good strain of
cabbage seed, grown from perfect heads,
tnan to accept as gift seed that have been
carelessly grown from imperfec5 heads or
mere stalks
The varieties named above are as good as
any for our section, aud doubtless all Of
these can be had under other names. 1t is
true there are other sorts that will probably
give satitaction The Improved American
Savory is an excellent variety for setting
out in the fall for spring use, and it is an
excellent sort for winter heading
The Short Stemmed Brunswick is one of
the most reliable varieties for heading that
we have ever planted for early summer or
late spring use.
One need not expect to make a success
with cabbage on poor soil. The soil must
either be naturally rich or made by suitable
manures, and it should be thoroughly pre-
pared with pIow and roller and harrow If
the very best results would be obtained. The
principal thing is to have the soil we'll en-
riched and the cultivation of the crop
thorough from the start. OF course it is
equally important to have good strain of
seed. A good crop cannot be made on the
best cultivation if a poor strain and poor
quality of seeds are used. With rows three
feet apart the early varities will make heads
on rich soil with good cultivation when set
in fifteen to twenty inches in the row. When
set this close it will require eight to ten
thousand plants per acre. But for the late
and large growing kinds not more than five
or six thousand at the furthest should be
set in an acre. The plants should be set
three by three feet apart or three by two
and half
There is no crop more beset by injurious
insects than the cabbage. What with the
many cutwOrms, the green worms and lice
and Harlequin bug the growth Of the late
crop becomes a very difficult thing in some
localities, and it requires eternal vigilance
to protect the crop oftentimes 1t is the
greatest obstacle to successful growing of
the late crop with U.s. Insects circum-
vented and it is as easy crop to grow as
any when all the requirements are fully
met-to wit: good variety, rich soil and
thorough cultivation. s. A. c..