. Vegetable growing projects. Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. 108 VEGETABLE GROWING PROJECTS 2. What is the cause of the disease and how does it spread ] SH: 166-167. 3. What control measures are recommended for black rot ? SH: 167-168. 4. How does club root affect cabbage plants ? SH: 168-169. 5. How may club root be kept under control ? 19. Harvesting and marketing. — Cabbages should seldom be harvested until the heads are solid and mature. The crop is usually cut with a strong, sharp butcher knife. If to be buried or stored with most of outside leaves re- maining, a sharp h
. Vegetable growing projects. Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. 108 VEGETABLE GROWING PROJECTS 2. What is the cause of the disease and how does it spread ] SH: 166-167. 3. What control measures are recommended for black rot ? SH: 167-168. 4. How does club root affect cabbage plants ? SH: 168-169. 5. How may club root be kept under control ? 19. Harvesting and marketing. — Cabbages should seldom be harvested until the heads are solid and mature. The crop is usually cut with a strong, sharp butcher knife. If to be buried or stored with most of outside leaves re- maining, a sharp hatchet will be found convenient, when a stub of the stem four or five inches long should be left, which will serve as a very useful handle. Most markets demand fairly close trimming. The crop is usually packed in baskets or crates for shipment and sold by count or by weight on local markets. Yields vary from ten to twenty or more tons to the acre, and there is the widest range in prices. ' 1. When should early and late cabbage be harvested ? W-VG: 273. C : 166. R: Fig. 33.—Brussels sprouts; the lower leaves have been removed to induce the formation of large buds commonly called ";. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Watts, Ralph Levi, 1869-. New York, Macmillan
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