Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 18 BWADRK PHILADELPHIA 9k W RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS Kohl, Ger. Chou, Fr. CABBAGE Berza, Sp. Sow one ounce for 3,000 to 4,000 plants, 4 ounces for one acre. CULTURE. For plants of the earliest sorts sow seed in January or February under glass, and prick out in flats or frames about 2 inches apart each way. Transplant to open ground as soon in spring as the land can be properly prepared. A rich, warm, fibrous loam is best. Have the plants in the rows 20 to 24 inches apart, and rows at least 2 feet apa
Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 18 BWADRK PHILADELPHIA 9k W RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS Kohl, Ger. Chou, Fr. CABBAGE Berza, Sp. Sow one ounce for 3,000 to 4,000 plants, 4 ounces for one acre. CULTURE. For plants of the earliest sorts sow seed in January or February under glass, and prick out in flats or frames about 2 inches apart each way. Transplant to open ground as soon in spring as the land can be properly prepared. A rich, warm, fibrous loam is best. Have the plants in the rows 20 to 24 inches apart, and rows at least 2 feet apart. Give thorough cultivation; and irrigate in dry weather if practicable. Protect against the ravages of cutworm, maggot and green worm. A little nitrate of soda applied around the plant is of great benefit. Potash applications, such as wood ashes or muriate, may also do much good. For late Cabbage plants, sow seed in drills in open ground during April and May, and transplant in June and July, giving the plants more room than allowed for earliest Cabbages. Dusting with tobacco dust, insect powder, etc., or splashing with hot soapsuds, especially Whale-Oil Soap solution, are good and safe remedies for some of the insect pests attacking plants of the Cabbage. SECOND EARLY VARIETIES. Dreer's Early Drumhead. A second early, large, round, solid-heading variety. This we consider the best for following Charleston Wakefield; it matures about ten days later. Pkt;, 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; \ lb., 85 cts. Early Summer. (See cut.) A second early Cab- bage, which matures about ten days after the Jersey Wakefield. It makes a large, solid, flattish head, with short outer leaves, which admit of close plant- ing in the field. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; \ lb., 85 cts. All Head Early. The largest heading of the second early sorts, of excellent quality. The deep flat heads are remarkably solid, and very uniform in size, of a very compact growth, having a few outer leaves; can be planted as close as
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