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A variety suitable for cultivation should (1) be sure to 

 form heads; (2) produce medium to large heads; (3) the 

 heads should be very hard and compact; and (4) it 

 should be a popular kind in the majority of the princi- 

 pal markets. 



Some varieties, like the " Schweinfurth," are bulky and 

 delicate, but of such loose structure as to be useless for 

 shipment, as they would shrink very much in the pack- 

 age. On the other hand, a barrel properly packed with 

 a solid-headed variety, would shrink to a very limited 



Fig. 22. WINNINGSTADT. 



extent in transit, and still be full upon arrival in mar- 

 ket, to the satisfaction of the buyer. The two varieties 

 that combine all desirable features in the highest degree, 

 and at the same time are best adapted to our climate, are 

 the "Early Summer" and the "Brunswick," with tbe 

 preference for the former. It is somewhat smaller, but 

 owing to its more compact habit of growth, a sufficiently 

 larger number may be grown to the acre, to make up 

 for the difference in individual size. The retail dealer 

 will realize more money from a barrel of fine medium- 

 sized cabbages, than from one containing a smaller num- 

 ber of very large heads. There is no better variety, if the 

 Beeds are of pure stock, for forming uniformly solid heads, 

 than the "Jersey Wakefield," but it is small and liable 

 to burst open when in vigorous growth in warm, rainy 



