Cauliflowers and Cabbages.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 356, 3 April 1889, Page 4

Cauliflowers and Cabbages.

I consider the above are two of the mos important vegetables that can be grown for winter, spring, and early summer use. There is not much trouble in keoping up a succession, if proper care is taken to plant a few plants about once in three weeks. The soil to grow these well cannot be too rich. The richer the soil the larger and more tender will be the leaves of the cab" bages or the flower of, the cauliflower. To plant out either cabbage or cauliflowers at > the present time, they will require to be watered about once a week till the dry weather is over. One of the greatest drawbacks to 'growing cauliflowers or cabbages during the autumn month is the ravages of the cabbage fly. In some gardens, it hag almost destroyed the whole of the plants. For the last two years I have been using a mixture of soap and kerosene. I take about two ounces of soap, and boil it in water till it is like a jelly. Then I add about a wineglassful of kerosene, stirring it up well while the mixture is hot. This mixture can be at once used by mixing it up in two erallotis of clear water and syringing the plants affected. The quantity given above will be sufficient tcr syringe about sixty good-sized plants. The mixture can also be made in quantity, and a bottle of such kept for use as maj be required. To give an idea of its value : 1 have two Jots o\ cauli flowers growing together. One lot I have done nothing to, and they are badly aflectcd with the fly. The other I have syringed twice with the mixture at intervals of about a fortnight. These plants are flourishing with plenty of gieen healthy foliage, and are growing rapidly. Both lots have been watered equally. I would advise growers to try this remedy once.