THE VEGETARIAN'S DELIGHT CABBAGE

I promised the leaders of F. H. & G. a few moaths ago, to give a full descrip- tion and illustratioQ of my new Cabbage — ^The Vegeta- tian's Delight. In keeping my promise I will at the same time add general in- stmctions for the cultivation of the same.

It is with pleasure that I offer this new late Cabbage to the public, for I am posi- tive ail will be delighted with it, especially my Veg- etarian friends. It makes a very hardhead The seed of the Vegetarian's Delight of good size and extraordinary weight and Cabbage should be sown in the open ground is remarkable for its keeping qualities when in May, in this latitude, or as soon as the buried over winter. soil is warm enough and in condition to

It is a grand sort for gardeners for spring receive same — taking care not to leave the sales after all other kinds are gone, when it plants stand too closely, as this makes them

will command a high price, owing to its dark green color, size and quality. The Vegetarian's Delight Cabbage will certainly prove to be the most profitable variety of

spindling. " When five to six inches high, transplant in rows two feet apart one way and about eighteen inches the other, burying the first leaf. Hoe every week,

cabbage to grow, for the private garden as drawing the earth up about the plants until

well as for market. they begin to head, then give thorough and

There is no vegetable which shows more final cultivation and leave same to nature, plainly the difference in character and qual- If you wish to preserve them for the win-

ity than the cabbage. The requisites for ter use, pull out when dry as possible and

complete success are : First, good seed; there invert the heads to drain for several horns

is no vegetable where the seed has more in- before burying them.

fluence on the quality of the product than One ounce of seed will produce 1,500

this, and planters should invariably select plants; }^ lb. in beds to transplant, for an

the best procurable. Second, rich, well acre. The publisher of F. H. & G. will

prepared ground. Third, frequent and offer the seed of the Vegetarian's Delight

thoTongh cultivation. A heavy, moist and Cabbage as a premium, it can also be had

rich loam is most suitable, which should be direct from me at 10 c. per packet, ounce

ii"ell fertilized and worked deep. 25 c. ]^ lb. 75 c. lb. $2.50.

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MONEY FROM SUNFLOWERS

A Long Island farmer, who had more laad than he knew what to do with, has put for- ty acres into sunflower cultivation. A fine table oil, worth $i .25 a gallon, is made from the sunflower seeils which yield two and a half gallons of oil to the bushel. The esti- mated yield of 100 bushels of seed to the acre should give a handsome profit on the oil. — St. Louis Globe-Democrat. CHESTNUT CULTURE.

Mr. Frank M. Bartram, of the Parry Nurseries, of Party, N. J. recommends the purchase of land on which chestnut stumps are abundant as the suckers growing from the sttunps form excellent stocks on which to graft any of the improved varieties of chestnuts. Such land is common in Penn- sylvania, and can be had at low figures.

Chestnuts form a profitable crop. One man made more from one tree than from the ten acres of wheat on which the tree stood.

The care and culture of chestnut trees af- ter they b^n to bear is very inexpensive.

A MOSS FERTILIZER. Sphagnum (moss) by its tendency to im- poverish the soil immediately beneath, might yet serve as an absorbent and a tamer of wild earth, a drainer of land requiring drying. Many acres are so located that there is no readily practicable outlet. If this moss, wherever easily got, were to be dug into trenches (blind ditches) at intervals of space dictated by circumstances, the re- lieving process may obtain. The experi- ment should be made when low lands (bogs) are most accessible. Or, sphagnum might be treated with the &mous lime and salt mixture (Mapes's notion) and so fitted for a desirable fertilizer (a progressed primary-) for top dressing «c. Sphagnum has been highly recommended for bedding horse sta- bles, being wholesome to equine's feet ; de- odorizing, and so preventing the fly nuisance.

Will some of you subscribers report there- on in all or any of the aspects above stated? — R. Hecker.