244 BRASSICACEOUS PLANTS. 



rather for its precocity and excellent quality than for its size 

 or productiveness. 



Transplant to rows fifteen inches apart, and twelve inches 

 asunder in the rows. 



Barnes's This variety, in respect to season, size, form, 



BARNES'S EARLY and general habit, seems to be intermediate 



DWARF. 



between, or a hybrid from, the York and Ox- 

 heart. Head ovate, rather compact ; texture fine and ten- 

 der ; flavor mild and good. 



Set in rows two feet apart, and eighteen inches apart in 

 the rows. 



Bergen Head remarkably large, round, flattened at 



LARGE BERGEN, the top, compact i the leaves are of a peculiar, 



GREAT AMERICAN 



LAB^GBBMA* glaucous-green color, of thick texture, firm, 

 and rather erect ; the nerves large and promi- 

 nent ; the outer leaves of the head are usually revoluted 

 on the borders ; the loose leaves are numerous, and rarely 

 rise above a level with the summit of the head ; the stalk 

 is short. 



The Bergen Drumhead is one of the largest and latest of 

 all the cabbages, and, when not fully perfected before being 

 harvested, has the reputation, if reset in earth in the cellar, 

 of heading, and increasing in size during winter. It is a 

 popular market sort ; and, notwithstanding its extraordinary 

 proportions, is tender, well flavored, and of more than 

 average quality for family use. The plants should be set 

 three feet apart. 



Champion of One of the largest of the recently introduced 

 America. 



sorts ; the whole plant sometimes attaining a 



weight of forty pounds and upwards. Head flattened, some- 

 what resembling the Drumheads ; outer leaves very few, 



