Show MOE MANURE FOR CABBAGE deep rich mellow mallow soil Is of importance N winter variety to la mostly grown on early potato ground hotbeds aro ara prepared pared in february and seed sown in frames cabbage ilk gilted lilted a deep rich mellow soil boll for summer cabbage a mellow sand band loam will bring the cail earliest lest crop tho the early june cabbage that Is a shipped to 0 the baltimore markets la Is mostly grown on tho the deep river bottom lands landa 0 of the lower portion of baltimore county says bays the baltimore american A largo large portion of this cabbage la Is grown from night soil which after fermentation la Is sprinkled along the rows just juet before the plants ire are set in the fall it if this fertilizer Is IB thoroughly mixed through the soil it la Is said not to injure tho the quality of the cabbage for the fall and winter cabbage crop plant on deep mellow red clay soil As the value of the cabbage la Is in large solid heads the best beat fertilizer to use la Is that of rot rat ted manure from grain fed horses and cattle with the addition of 1000 pounds of high grado grade vegetable guano sown to the aero acre and well harrowed in before planting winter cabbage la Is mostly grown on early potato ground this land being heavily dressed with fertilizer for or the potato crop not more than COO to pounds of fertilizer will be needed for each nore are planted the fertilizer la is nearly always sown in th the edrill drill the drill rows are then covered in and the rolled largo large growers now use tho the planter the machine sets and waters euch each plant very few plants fall to grow plants set cot by machine are better firmed in the grotrud than plants set by hand the old ait thod of starting early plants tn in the fall and wintering them in f i bold frame has now been abandoned in fa of sowing bowing tho the seed tn in a hotbed tho the hotbeds are prepared in february and the setd sown in the frames by the middle of the month when the plants are two inches in height they are transplanted into cold frames the plants are given abundance of air in the middle of the day but well protected by glass and thick straw mats when the weather la Is dold cold and stormy in the yew jew england states early plants are raised in lot hot houses heated by hot water expert gardeners grow largo large quantities of early and late cabbage for their retail trade truckers Tru chera grow for the wholesale markets their principal crops are kale spinach tomatoes corn and eggplants egg plante plants |