ORIGINAL INTRODUCER OF THE MARBLEHEAD, DEEP HEAD, WARREN, ALL SEASONS, HARD HEADING, AND REYNOLDS CABBAGES.
Boston:
CASHMAN, KEATING & CO., PRINTERS,
1889.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1889, by
JAMES J. H. GREGORY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Object of Treatise | [1] |
| The Origin of Cabbage | [1] |
| What a Cabbage is | [2] |
| Selecting the Soil | [4] |
| Preparing the Soil | [5] |
| The Manure | [6] |
| How to Apply the Manure | [8] |
| Making the Hills and Planting the Seed | [11] |
| Care of the Young Plants | [16] |
| Protecting the Plants from their Enemies | [18] |
| The Green Worm | [22] |
| Club, or Stump Root, or Maggot | [24] |
| Care of the Growing Crop | [29] |
| Marketing the Crop | [30] |
| Keeping Cabbage through the Winter | [32] |
| Having Cabbage make Heads in Winter | [39] |
| Foreign Varieties of Cabbage | [43]-[45] |
| American Varieties | [46]-[60] |
| Savoy Varieties | [60]-[63] |
| Other Varieties | [63]-[67] |
| Cabbage Greens | [67] |
| Cabbage for Stock | [69] |
| Raising Cabbage Seed | [73] |
| Cooking Cabbage, Sour-Krout, etc. | [75] |
| Cabbage under Glass | [76] |
| Cold Frame and Hot-Bed | [78] |
| Cauliflower, Broccoli, Brussels-Sprouts, Kale and Sea-Kale | [81] |