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CABBAGES AND CAULIFLOWERS:
HOW TO GROW THEM.
A PRACTICAL TREATISE, GIVING FULL DETAILS ON EVERY POINT, INCLUDING KEEPING AND MARKETING THE CROP.
BY
JAMES J. H. GREGORY,
AUTHOR OF WORKS ON SQUASH RAISING, ONION RAISING,
ETC., ETC.
ORIGINAL INTRODUCER OF THE MARBLEHEAD, DEEP HEAD, WARREN, ALL SEASONS, HARD HEADING, AND REYNOLDS CABBAGES.
Boston:
CASHMAN, KEATING & CO., PRINTERS,
1889.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1889, by
JAMES J. H. GREGORY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Object of Treatise | 1 |
| The Origin of Cabbage | 1 |
| What a Cabbage is | 2 |
| Selecting the Soil | 4 |
| Preparing the Soil | 5 |
| The Manure | 6 |
| How to Apply the Manure | 8 |
| Making the Hills and Planting the Seed | 11 |
| Care of the Young Plants | 16 |
| Protecting the Plants from their Enemies | 18 |
| The Green Worm | 22 |
| Club, or Stump Root, or Maggot | 24 |
| Care of the Growing Crop | 29 |
| Marketing the Crop | 30 |