208 CABBAGE. 



this name, is a favorite with the market gardeners anjund "New 

 York City, on account of its rare combination of earliness and 

 size, being much larger than the Early York, and very sure to 

 produce a good crop; in other words, to head well. The form of 

 the head is pyramidal, rounded at the top, and the head is also 

 quite solid. On account of its greater size, it sells better ia mar- 

 ket than the Early York. There seems to be a difierence between 

 the American and English varieties of this name, the American 

 being better and earlier ; hence it is necessary to be particular to 

 procure American-grown seed. 



Little Pixie. — Is a very diminutive but early sort, of dwarf 

 habit, the whole plant being not larger than some good cabbage 

 lettuce. The flavor is deKcate and the heads solid. It seems to 

 be more of a fancy sort than one of general utility. 



WiNNiNGSTADT. — ^We esteem this one of the most valuable of 

 aU the Cabbages. It heads freely, bears drought and heat remark- 

 ably well, and keeps weR through the winter. Though often 

 mentioned as a summer variety, and answering that purpose as a 

 second early sort remarkably well, when the seed is sown early, 

 yet it is as a fall and winter cabbage that it is most valuable. 

 The heads are of a conical form, very compact and soM, and the 

 stalk short. It is a profitable market variety, always meeting 

 with a ready sale. 



Premium Flat Dutch. — This is also a very popular sort, 

 forming large, round, and solid heads, which are broad and flat 

 on the top, stalk short. It is a very large-growing variety, and 

 keeps well, remaining fresh and crisp untU late in the spring ; at 

 the same time quite tender, sweet, and good. 



Drumhead Savoy. — ^All the Savoys may be readily distin- 

 guished from the other Cabbages by the peculiar wrinkled 

 appearance of the leaves, and the looser, less compact structure of 

 the heads. They are extremely hardy, bearing weU a consider- 

 able degree of frosty weather, which, indeed, so far from injuring 

 them, seems to improve their quality and flavor. This variety 

 is shaped much Kke the common Drumhead Cabbages, hence 



