Show transplanting CABBAGE PLANTS directions concerning nn an operation ol of Tro importance to tile lie prospective crop tho the best soil boil for cabbage is a rather mandy andy loom loam not less than ten inches deep and with good drainage A proper pulverizing Ter ver of tho the soil is important nud and PLANTING sri adling CABBAGE PLANTS when it has been plowed the previous fall so much tho the better well rotted manure for early cabbage ou ought ht to be sown broadcast sown it ought to be borne in mind that cabbage isa is 1 hardy plant hence when wanted for an early crop may bo set out in any section as soon as aa the boil i is dry enough to tn work in III tho the illustrations here reproduced from how to make the tha garden pay aie shown various ways was wa s of setting getting the pl flints greiner the author says on oil tile subject cabbages may bo be set either straight town down or slanting according to depth of soil and len length th of stalk in either casa roots will form all along the stems and tile the heads will grow closely above the ground instead of being held high laigh up as if on stilts the cori contrast trat between deep and shallow planting heie illustrated speaks plainly in favor of the former thu the ad vantage advantage which deep feed 0 1 i y ay OF DEEP AND brullow C L ing roots give to a plant by establishing a direct communication with the stratum of uninterrupted moisture is so great that some gardeners even prefer setting tall spindling plants to short anti and stocky ones |