POPULAR VARIETIES OF GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



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in a cool cellar. The main crop will be better kept out of doors, set in a trench 

 closely, head down, and covered with straw and earth. There is almost an 

 endless variety of cabbage, and nearly all extensive growers have their favorite 

 sorts. Some kinds seem to succeed best in certain localities. TheWinningstadt, 

 for instance, which we have shown in figure 2, seems peculiarly adapted to 

 the south. The Jersey Wakefield is now, no doubt, the most popular early 

 cabbage (see fig. 1). Early Schweinfurth (fig. 3), is a very large cabbage, and 



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matures early, but we have never been able to" grow solid heads. Marble- 

 head Mammoth is a large solid cabbage, but requires a very rich soil, early 

 planting and good culture (fig. 4). Fjg. G is the popular Premium Flat Dutch, 



