How to grow cabbages & cauliflowers most profitably
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- How to grow cabbages & cauliflowers most profitably
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- 1888
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How to grow cabbages & cauliflowers most profitably
Author: Burpee, W. Atlee (Washington Atlee), 1858-1915
Year: 1888
CONTENTS. Editor's Preface, vii How to Grow Cabbages and Cauliflowers most Profitably, 9 The Best Soil for Cabbages, ...... 10 The Cabbage Plant is a Greedy Feeder, . . . .11 Early Cabbages, 15 Late Cabbages, 19 The Cauliflower, 23 Cauliflowers for Winter Use, 34 Enemies of the Cauliflower, 36 Packing for Distant Markets, 37 How to Grow Cauliflowers Successfully, .... 39 Selection of Land, 39 Making the Seed- Bed and Sowing the Seed, ... 39 Fertilisers, and How to Apply Them, . . . .40 Transplanting, 41 Cultivation, 42 Tying and Bleaching, 42 Cutting of Cauliflowers, 43 Trimming, 43 Packing, . 44 Conclusion, 45 How to Grow Cabbages Successfully, 46 Selection and Preparation of Land for Early Cabbages, . 46 Insects, 47 Cultivation, 48 Cutting and Marketing, . . . . . . . .48 Late Cabbage. — Soil and Preparation, .... 48 Planting and Cultivation of Late Cabbage, . . .49 Marketing, ........ .49 Varieties op Cabbage, * 51 Extra Early Express, 51 Earliest Etampes, 52 Early Jersey Wakefield, 52 Early Winningstadt, 53 Early Dwarf Flat Dutch, 54 Early Summer, 54 Peerless Early, 54 The Vandergaw, 56 Fottler's Brunswick (Short Stem), 58 Early Bleichfield Giant, 58 All Seasons, 59 Early Deep-