. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD IS AFAVORITE EARLY CABBAGE CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER Marketing cabbage: A considerable portion ofthe late cabbage crop is handled in bulk. Somegrowers sell by the ton to kraut factories. The bestcarrier for shipping early cabbage is the barrel-sizedcrate. Storing late cabbage : It is a mistake to delayharvesting the winter crop until the outer leaveshave been frozen hard several times and when thereis danger of unbroken winter weather, says Penn-sylvania Bulletin No. 147. In this state it i
. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD IS AFAVORITE EARLY CABBAGE CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER Marketing cabbage: A considerable portion ofthe late cabbage crop is handled in bulk. Somegrowers sell by the ton to kraut factories. The bestcarrier for shipping early cabbage is the barrel-sizedcrate. Storing late cabbage : It is a mistake to delayharvesting the winter crop until the outer leaveshave been frozen hard several times and when thereis danger of unbroken winter weather, says Penn-sylvania Bulletin No. 147. In this state it is not safeto postpone harvesting later than the tenth of No-vember. Various methods of storing winter cabbageare used with good success. The ^ Danish Ball is the best keeper thatcan be grown. In large producingdistricts, frost-proof storage housesare designed and built especially forthe purpose. IMany growers store inbarns or caves. Some pile or storethe untrimmed heads in protected. spots, as along fences, covering after severe weather begins with straw, storing cabbage corn stalks, leaves or other coarse —cornstalks. . all around material. Burymg is a favorite plan with some, and there is no better way to preserve cabbage in a fresh, crisp condition: Line up on a well-drained part of the ground three rows of heads, placed close together, turned upside down. Then with a team and plow, draw two furrows, throwing soil as much as possible on the cabbage. Then finish with shovels, placing five or six inches of soil on the heads. /\fter the ground is frozen to the depth of an inch or two, cover with strawy manure to the depth of several inches. Insects and diseases : Root maggots are a serious 114 BIGGLE GARDEN BOOK pest; consult Chapter VII for general remedies. Oneof the most successful remedies (for cabbage orcauliflower) is the use of pads of tarred paper. Thepads are cut in a hexagonal form in order to econo-mize the material, and a thinner grade of tarredp
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