. Money in the garden : a vegetable manual, prepared with a view to economy and profit . Vegetable gardening. CABBAGES. Y5 planted into other beds in March. They will be large enough to set ont in the garden in April. More explicit directions will be found on this subject in the chapter on " ; Market-gardeners prefer cold frame plants for their main crop of early Cabbages. As early in April as the ground is in condition to be worked, the yard-manure is hauled on the field, using from sixty to seventy-five two-horse loads to the acre. This is spread broad- cast, and ploughed
. Money in the garden : a vegetable manual, prepared with a view to economy and profit . Vegetable gardening. CABBAGES. Y5 planted into other beds in March. They will be large enough to set ont in the garden in April. More explicit directions will be found on this subject in the chapter on " ; Market-gardeners prefer cold frame plants for their main crop of early Cabbages. As early in April as the ground is in condition to be worked, the yard-manure is hauled on the field, using from sixty to seventy-five two-horse loads to the acre. This is spread broad- cast, and ploughed under. The surface is then levelled by turn- ing a harrow upside down and dragging it over the ground, so as not to displace the manure. The space is then marked out, the rows two feet apart. The plants are then set in the rows, eighteen inches apart, with the ordinary dibble. This can be done very rapidly by persons familiar with the work. A smart workman will transplant seven thousand in ten hours. Lettuce may then be planted between the rows of Cabbages, one foot apart in the rows. With this method all the work of cultivation has to be done with hand-hoes; and with Cabbage, as with ail garden-crops, clean culture must be the ride. Farther south, where land is cheaper—as, for. DIBBLK. 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 Quinn, Patrick T. , 1838-. New York : Orange Judd
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