The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-01-27
GROWING or EARLY
CABBAGE.

Olina Cabbage Grower
Tells How and When to
Plant and Cultivate.
i,
q The writer of this article is the
originator of the cabbage grow
ing industry on the Carolina
Coast. grew my first cabbage
for market in the year 1868, from
q beginning of one-half acre,
the business has increased until
at the present time there are
EVER 1000 acres of cabbage
grown each season in this terri
tory. To grow successful crop
the first and most important
thing is to secure plants that are
s grown from high grade seed, as
no amount of care, fertilizer or
{ cultivation can make a good crop,
iii the plants used are grown
from interior seed. You cannot
rom the appearance of
tbs gllt as all young cabbage
2 I. l0ol Sc ne same. Your
plan chase your
a1ta iif y fesponsib ble deafer
4 Z be6Il ins the business a
M iI : who has an ess-
9bllsh he'd ~ tatieSi The better
class of seed growers select their
stock very carefully, removing
from the field all heads of cab
bage that are not perfect. Some
seasons they have to cut out two
thirds of their plants and do not
save their seed from more than
one-third. Seed selected in this
way will cost from 81. SO to So. 90
per pound, other seed-growers
allow their entire crop of cabbage
to make seed, do not use any
care in the selection of seed
grown, These seed will cost
you from 40 to 60 cents per
pound. The cost of the seed is
two-thirds of the cost of growing
cabbage plants, SO you can readi-
ly understand why a plant grower
who pays $3.50 to $500 for his
seed cannot sell you plants as
cheap as the grower who buys
inferior seed at 40 to 60 cents
Iperpound. My thirty-six years
re perielce has proven to me, that
it would pay me better to use
high grade seed at a cost of $40
per pound, than to use inferior
seed if / could get them free.
Those who do not make regular
business of growing cabbage have
besn in the habit of setting out
their plants in the months of
FEBRUARY and March thinking
that the. plants do not live if set
earlier in the winter. This is a
mistake as a plant set in Decem-
ber or January under the proper
conditions will live just as we'll
and head much earlier. The fol-
lowing instructions will give the
proper method of setting. The
!, South Carolina sea coast, on ac-
count of locality, and climatic
conditions IS admirably adapted
TO the growing of hardy open air
plants; The plant growers SOW
their seed in the open fields in
the latefall from October 10th
to eNovefnber 18th, these seed
gerininate; quickly and make a
very rapid growth for a couple
of weeks, by this time the nights
start to get cold. The growth OF
the plants is checked, and usually
boutDecemper 1st to 10th oul
freezing weabher begins, when
the plants stop growing entirely.
The cold weather has caused il
TO become tough and hard, it is
now in a dormant condition and
will remain in this condition un-
til the latter part of February OF
until the spring weather opens
up. While in this condition these
i plants will stand cold without
injury. / have seen my plants
covered with ice and sleet fol
several days, with the thermome.
ter down to 18 and not be in.
jured at oil, while the same