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The table includes many kinds that have been on trial for several years, 

 some of which show special value and were grown for the purpose of 

 comparison. 



Among the standard early varieties are ISalzer's Lightning, the Wake- 

 fields, Henderson's Early Summer, Bloomsdale Early Market and Early 

 Flat Dutch. All are of value for the production of early solid heads of 

 good size, shape and quality. 



For medium varieties there are none better than Succession, All Seasons, 

 Reynolds, and the Early Drumheads, some of which produce heads equal 

 in size and quality to some of the winter varieties. 



The Drumheads, Flat Dutch and Bock Heads stand at the head as 

 winter cabbages in size, firmness, flavor and keeping qualities. 



NOTES ON VARIETIES. 



The following notes are given on some of the newer varieties that appear 

 to be of merit: 



Early. 



Bullock Heart, from Landreth, was one of the first to develop mature 

 heads. The plants are small; stems short and stout; foliage, light green 

 and grows many superfluous leaves. Outer leaves are smooth, thick, erect, 

 glazed; head conical, very solid. The type is similar to that of Wakefield 

 and it is a valuable sort, being a strong, quick grower. 



French Ox Head, from Henderson, is a variety maturing a little later 

 than Brunswick Improved; heads were small, soft and not true to any 

 type. 



Henderson' s Early Spring is a valuable early sort, of the type of Hen- 

 derson's Early Summer, but a little smaller. The plants are small; stem, 

 short and stout; leaves, dark green, oval, smooth, a little glazed and few 

 in number. Heads are of medium size, flat, round and hard. 



Reedland Drnmhead. — Landreth. The plants are large, strong growers 

 'heavily covered with white bloom. It is a short stemmed, flat headed 

 second early sort; heads are surrounded with much superfluous foliage, 

 but are very hard and compact. True to type. 



Scotland Early, from Burpee, is a variety that resembles the Wakefield 

 but is not as desirable. The plants were strong; leaves large, oval, with 

 undulate border; bloom, thin; heads of fair size, true to type, but not very 

 hard, and surrounded with a large amount of superfluous foliage. 



Summer Flat Head, from Landreth. Not true to type; appears to be 

 badly mixed in the seed; some good heads but it showed no distinct type 

 as to growth, size, shape or color. 



Prize and Washington Wakefields, from Maule and Northrup, Braslan 

 and Goodwin, are much alike. They are of the type of the Early Jersey 

 Wakefield, but seem to be a few days later. Plants of medium size; stem, 

 short and stout; leaves, small, dark in color, oval o"r spoon shaped; heads 

 conical and very solid, with very few surplus leaves. Both are valuable 

 early varieties, being strong growers and sure headers. 



Wonderful, from Johnson & Stokes. The plants are very small, with 

 short, slim stems; foliage compact, smooth, dark green and numerous out- 

 side leaves; heads, conical, good size, but rather loose. Its special value aa 

 an early sort is that it can be grown very close and develops rapidly. 



