. School and home gardens. Gardening; School gardens. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 253 Seeds for late cabbages should be sown out of doors in rich, fine soil from the first to the middle of June. Sow in rows six inches apart and thin to two inches in the row. Keep the soil in good tilth. Soil. The soil should be plowed or spaded to a depth of at least six inches. Well-decayed manure laid in the bottom of the furrow when j^lowing in the spring will encourage the ^n ? roots to reach down for nourishment. If enough manure can- â:^: 4i(^Z -m^mA^i â 1. Fig. 141. Cabbage Seedlings ready for trans- planting
. School and home gardens. Gardening; School gardens. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 253 Seeds for late cabbages should be sown out of doors in rich, fine soil from the first to the middle of June. Sow in rows six inches apart and thin to two inches in the row. Keep the soil in good tilth. Soil. The soil should be plowed or spaded to a depth of at least six inches. Well-decayed manure laid in the bottom of the furrow when j^lowing in the spring will encourage the ^n ? roots to reach down for nourishment. If enough manure can- â:^: 4i(^Z -m^mA^i â 1. Fig. 141. Cabbage Seedlings ready for trans- planting to Other Pots or to Boxes not be obtained, a ']^^^l}^^''^/>*'^^^^3^^^^'' mixed commercial fertihzer that con- tains nitrogen, phos- phoric acid, and potash may be har- rowed in after plow- ing (see p. 199). The size of the cabbages may be increased by giving the land subsequent dressings of nitrate of soda, at the rate of about four hundred pounds per acre, apphed in three equal dressings â the first at transplanting, the others at intervals of a month or less. The soil may be kept moist around the plants by a mulch of fresh manure, which will also supply fertilization. Transplanting. The plants should be from three to five inches high before transplanting. Those hardened by set- ting the boxes out of doors for a short time each day when. 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 Meier, William Herman Dietrich, 1868-. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and Co
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