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former than the later. The Small Ox-heart is about ten 

 days later than the Early York. 



As not only the heads, but the full-grown plants, of this 

 variety are of small size, they may be grown in rows two 

 feet apart, and sixteen inches apart in the rows. 



Stone-mason. An improved variety of the Mason, ori"-i- 

 J. J. H. Greg- 

 ory, nated by Mr. John Stone, Jim., of Marblehead, 



Mass. Head larger than that of the original, varying in 

 size from ten to fourteen inches in diameter, according to the 

 strength of the soil and the cultivation given it. The form 

 of the head is flatter than that of the Mason, and but little, 

 if any, inferior to it in solidity. Stem short and small. 

 Under good culture, the heads, exclusive of the outer foliage, 

 will weigh about nine pounds. Quality exceedingly sweet, 

 tender, and rich. A profitable variety for market purposes ; 

 the gross returns per acre, in the vicinity of Boston, Mass., 

 often reaching from two hundred dollars to three hundred 

 and fifty. 



The Mason, Stone-mason, and the Marblehead Mammoth, 

 severally originated from a package of seeds received from 

 England, under the name of the " Scotch Drumhead," by 

 Mr. John M. Ives, of Salem, Mass. 



Button's This is one of the earliest of all the cabbages. 



Dwarf Comb. 



Mcint. It is small and dwarfish in its habit, hearts well 



early in the season, and will afford a good supply of delicate 

 sprouts throughout a large part of the summer. 



The plants require a space of only twelve inches between 

 the rows, and the same distance between the plants in the 

 rows. 



The seed of this variety, in common with other dwarf- 

 ish and early sorts, should be sown more frequently than 

 the larger growing kinds, so as to keep up a succession 



