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that have been sent out under this name, which 

 are very inferior.'' 



The stock of this variety is now all controlled 

 Peter Henderson ct Co., and is grown in Germany. 

 Seed descended from Henderson's stock has been 

 ofrown at Puget Sound, and is claimed to be as good 

 as the original. Several other sorts, including 

 Puritan, Padilla and Gilt Edge, have been derived 

 from Henderson's Snowball, which sometimes 

 mature quite as early as this variety. 



Ideal, see Vick's Ideal. 



Imperial. — May says, in the Revue Horticole, for 

 ISSO: " A variety which seems to have originated 

 from the Early Dwarf Erfurt, being a little more 

 vigorous, and producing a little larger heads, which 

 is without doubt a result of culture, for in head 

 and leaf it wholly resembles the Erfurt. It is an 

 excellent variety, employed in the same manner as 

 the Erfurt, and deserves extended cultivation.'' 



Yilmorin says: " This fine variety resembles the 

 Dwarf Early Erfurt, but it is of deeper green, and 

 every way larger. It is an early variety with 

 beautiful white head, large and solid, and remark- 

 able for its regularity of growth and product. 

 When well grown it is certainly among the most 

 desirable early varieties.'' Thornburn considers it 

 one of the best for the main crop. It originated 

 about IbTO. It matured in one season eiofhteen 



