. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CABBAGE 199 â varieties, when grown without check, will come into heading condition in about ninety days from the seed, and the time necessary for the different sorts to perfect heads varies from that to some 200 days for the latest, t will be as that when plants can be safely set out-of-doors early in March th
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CABBAGE 199 â varieties, when grown without check, will come into heading condition in about ninety days from the seed, and the time necessary for the different sorts to perfect heads varies from that to some 200 days for the latest, t will be as that when plants can be safely set out-of-doors early in March the seed should be sown early in February, the date of sow- ing to be determined by the local climatic conditions. We think the best plan is to sow the seed in boxes, aboiit 3 inches deep, and of convenient size to handle, filled with rather heavy but very friable soil. We plant the seed in drills, about 2 inches apart, dropping about ten seeds to the inch. The seedlings need abundant light and air, and the great danger to be guarded against is their becoming soft and spindling through too high temperature and the want of light. They should be fully exposed whenever the weather will permit. In from fifteen to twenty days after sowing the seed the plants should be "pricked out," setting them about 2 inches apart, in a rich and somewhat heavier soil than was used in the seed boxes, and as soon as well established they should be given all the light and air possible. A few de- grees of frost for a night will be an advantage rather than an injury. It was formerly the custom, and one stil 1 followed by some successful growers, to sow the seed in the open ground in September, transplanting into cold- frames in late October or November, and carry the plants through the winter In a dormant or slowly growing condi- tion. Such plants, being very hardy, can be set out early, and, if all goes well, will mature somewhat earlier than spring-grown plants, but this method is now genera
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