CHAPTER XVI.—COLE CROPS 119-133

Meaning of name 119 Why grown 119 Brussels Sprouts 127 Soil, food and tillage needs 127 Successful growing 128 Cabbage 119 Acre yield, an 121 Crops, two 120 Essentials for growing 119 Fertilizing 120 Field-grown 121 Hot-bed plants 121 Insects and diseases 122 Locality, effect of 122 Marketing 121 Planting 123, 124 Profits in cabbage 123 Protection from insects 125 Quick first crop 123 Second crop 125 Cauliflower 129 Good seed necessary 129 Growing seed 130 Tillage, right 130 Where it grows best 129 Kale 126 Better for frost 126 Collards 127 Cultivation 126 Enemies 127 How sown 126 Southern kale 127 Kohlrabi 131 Best varieties 131 How to thin 131 Insects, diseases and cures 131, 132, 133 Its family 131 “ uses 131