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Show PLANTING THE LATE CABBAGE Place Four or Five Seeds In Hill and When High Enough Clean Out All But Strongeit (By MILLER PURVIS.) I always plant the seed of my late cabbage where I want plants to stand. I put the land in the best possible condition, mark it off In row three feet apart and plant four or five seeds In a place where I want the cabbage to grow. When the plants come up I let them get about as large as they would be If I were going, to transplant them, then I pull out all but the strongest one In each bunch. This allows the plant to grow from the start without any setback and the heads are larger than they would be had the plants been transplanted. I do not sow the seed until late in June and have raised good cabbages the seed for which was planted after early potatoes had been dug and the land smoothed down. Potatoes make an excellent first crop where late cabbages are to be grown. Even if the plants are to be transplanted they may be set between the potato rows before the potatoes are dug. Digging the potatoes works the soli deeply and makes the best possible condition for the growth of the cabbages. |