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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



CABBAGES, 1900. 



The tests of the cabbage family for this season included thirteen varieties of early 

 cabbage, six of medium, nine Savoy, six rod, four of kale, three kohl rabi, and 

 several varieties of broccoli sent from the Department of Agriculture at Washington. 



The cauliflower and late cabbage were so badly affected by the black rot that it was 

 impossible to make any comparisons. 



Among the early cabbage there were no varieties that were improvements over the old 

 standard sorts. 



CABBAGES— 1900. 



Karly Varieties. 



All Head 



Charleston 



Dnimheatl 



Earliest ^. 



Earliest Etampes 



Express 



Early Jersey Wakelield 



Henderson Early Summer. . . 



Lightning 



Limited Mail 



Little Pixie 



Wheeler Improved 



White Giant 



Medium Early. 



Admiral Dewey 



All Seasons 



All Seasons 



Autumn King 



Succession 



Vandergaw 



Red Cabbages. 



Buxton Drumhead 



Dark Red Dutch 



Drumhead 



Extra Early Dark Red Erfurt 



Giant Dark Red Erfurt 



Mammoth Rock 



Savoy Cabbages. 



American Improved 



Belleville 



DeVertus 



Extra Early Paris 



Hard Heading 



Marvin 



Number 62 



Number 99 



Small Ulm 



Seedsmen. 



Vaughan , 

 Ferry — 

 Vaughan , 

 Vaughan , 

 Vaughan . 

 Vaughan . 



Vaughan 



Vaughan 



Vaughan 



Holmes 



Weeber & Don. 

 Weeber & Don. 

 Vaughan 



Mills 



Ferry . . . 

 Vaughan . 

 Vaughan . 

 Vaughan . 

 Vaughan . 



Date. 



First 



mature 



head. 



July 17 



" 2 



" 18 



•' 2 



2 



" 2 



" 2 



8 



" 6 



•' 14 



7 

 " 6 

 " 16 



Aug. 1 

 4 



" 4 



" 10 



6 



8 



Vaughan " 10 



Vaughan " 16 



Vaughan " 8 



Vaughan ; July 28 



Vaughan : Aug. 14 



Vaughan ] " 16 



Burpee " 6 



Burpee 1 " 8 



Vaughan I " 6 



Vaughan July 24 



Johnson & Stokes. 



Vaughan 



Burpee 



Burpee 



Vaughan 



Aug. 2 



" 10 



6 



" 14 



" 6 



Market 



ma- 

 turity. 



July 27 



" 12 



" 20 



" 10 



" 14 



" 10 



" 10 



" 12 



" 16 



. " 26 



" 20 



" 28 



" 30 



Aug. 12 

 16 

 16 

 22 

 18 

 16 



20 

 28 

 20 

 10 



m 



24 



20 



14 



10 



2 



16 

 20 

 20 

 28 

 16 



Average 

 weight 



of heads 



in 

 pounds. 



3.8 

 4.2 

 4.4 

 3.1 

 3.2 

 3.1 



4. 



4. if 



3.6 



3.8 



2.8 



43 



4.8 



4.6 



5 5 



5.6 



6. 



6. 



5.9 



5.6 

 4.5- 

 5.1 

 4.2 

 5.2 

 5.4 



4.5 



3.8 

 3.9 



2.5 



3.6- 

 3.8 

 3.2 

 3.5 

 2.2 



Early Jersey Wakefield, for pointed, and Henderson Pearly Summer, for flat heads, have 

 no superiors in quality or earliness; some others, however, are about as good, but the 

 strains are often mixed and not true to type. 



In the medium class. Autumn King and Succession produced the largest heads, but 

 it took a little more time to mature them than it did Admiral Dewey. 



The first two mentioned are standard varieties and if planted late are good for 

 winter keeping. 



