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Excerpt from Porter-Walton Company, 1918 As with all other seeds our selection of Cabbage stocks are positively from the best sources of supply, and the best strains obtainable, as proved by our own tests. Culture - Cabbage does best in rich, moist, well prepared soil; extra care should be taken in working it deeply as most varieties of Cabbage do not thrive in shallow soils. For the early varieties (in the Mountain States and similar climatic conditions) sow in hotbeds in the late winter or ve1y early in spring and transplant to the open ground as soon as ground can be worked. Don't neglect to harden the plants off before transplanting and see to it that they are not so thick in the beds as to make them spindly. In transplanting to the open ground set in rows 18 to 24 inches apart and 12 to 18 inches between plants in the row. For field cultivation 3 feet between rows would be better. The Fall and Winter Varieties can be handled in the same way or if the seed bed is in good condition an easier and equally success ful method is to sow the seed in hills or with a regular garden drill in the open ground, using about one pound of seed per acre: when plants are well out of the ground thin out to proper distances in the row. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.