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put in their places, by growers ignorant of the fact that one 

 bud is just as good and sure to head as another, if all but 

 one shoot is rubbed off. 



As to varieties, of course locality and soil will decide this 

 largely, but the extra early kinds are of no value in the far 

 South, as the market is well supplied in early fall with north- 

 ern cabbage. The old Pettier' s Brunswick was my favorite 

 for years. It makes a very large, hard, flat head, but is not 

 quite as hardy for January weather as the common Flat 

 Dutch and Drumhead varieties of selected strains. The 

 Fottler and Early Summer are excellent for spring, though 

 the latter is hardly large enough for a market cabbage. The 

 Winnigstadt and other pointed kinds are not popular at the 

 South, and do not stand the heat in spring as well as the flat 

 kinds. 



