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r A R M E R S ' REGISTER 



[No. 6 



THE "VVATEUI.00 CJESAREAN EVEHGREEN 

 cabbage" — ALIAS COW CABBAGE OF JER- 

 SEY. 



The Farmer and Gardener of Sept. 13, introduces 

 an account of this cabbage (taken from the last No. of 

 the Horticultural Register of Boston,) in the following 

 manner. 



"We have a few hundred of these plants growing at 

 our little establishment ; but as the season has been in- 

 auspicious, and they have not had a fair chance ibr 

 luxuriant growth, we cannot sav what may be t!ie re- 

 sult of our experiment. We obtained the seed of Ro- 

 bert Sinclair, jr. at $0 a pound, those in England are, 

 or were, held at .'}p5 Ibr 20 seed- The next season we 

 shall take time by the forelock, and give the article a 

 more fair and perfect trial. If it should prove by pro- 

 per test to realize a moiety of what has been said of it, 

 it will certainly produce a new era in agricultural pur- 

 suits ; but as the venders of the seed of new things, 

 are not always the most scrupulous in pronouncing 

 their eulogies on their virtues, time and actual cultiva- 

 tion are necessary in order that their capacities may be 

 properly demonstrated. 



In the more southern portions of our country, if this 

 cabbage should prove as valuable as some of its enco- 

 miasts have stated it to be, it will, indeed, be a bless- 

 ing. But of its properties after we have had time to 

 form a correct practical opinion, we shall speak more 

 fully." 



Though the exaggerations of the English account 

 given in the Horticultural Register, are partly neutral- 

 ized by the remarks of its conductor, still there is some 

 danger that there may spring up and spread over our land 

 a coio cabbage mama, such as at different times has been 

 excited by millet, Cobbett's Russian turnips, and Gama 

 Grass. For this reason as well as for the amusement 

 of our readers, we republish (from the Aug. No. of 

 Loudon's Gardeners' Magazine,) this most impudent 

 pufF, and shameless yet very successful deception. 

 The nostrums recommended by agricultural quacks 

 and patent venders, like those of the medical quacks, 

 are generally the more successful in proportion to the 

 enormity of the pretension and falsehood. 



"An individual in England having shown a speci- 

 men of this variety of wliat is properly a borecole, to 

 Mr. Coke of Holkham, that gentleman expressed sur- 

 prise at its size, &c. Advantages was taken of this to 

 puff off, as the phrase is, this vegetable under a new 

 name ; viz. the Waterloo Caesarean evergreen cow 

 cabbage, and to sell the seeds at the rate of a sove- 

 reign for a packet containing twenty seeds. The fol- 

 lowing is an extract from the advertisement: — 



'Patronised by His Majesty. Wonderful production 

 of nature ! Waterloo Caesarean evergreen cow cab- 

 bage, of recent discoveey, unequaled in affordin<^ the 

 most interesting and desirable results to the farmer, 

 grazier, and manufacturer. This singular and extraor- 

 dinary species of cabbage, almost unknown in Eng- 

 land till introduced by the persevering efforts of Mr. 

 Fullard, three years since, grows from nine to twelve 

 feet high, and from fifteen to twenty feet in circumfer- 

 ence. Five of these stupendaus cabbages, now raised 

 to the greatest perfection in quality as well as size, 

 have been repeatedly found, by proper management, 

 an ample allowance of food for one hundred sheep, or 

 ten cows, per day : and the nutrition thence supplied 

 by this delicious vegetable will (as experience has al- 

 ready abundantly demonstrated) speedily produce the 

 most surprising improvement in the groivth and uHlity 

 of every description oi cattle. As an evidence of the 



beneficial tendency of this cabbage, Mr. F. has the 



great pleasure and batisfaction of saying, that shee]i 

 fed upon it have been found to produce wool of the 

 finest silken texture, twenty -five inches long; a cir- 

 cumstance uhich cannot fail immediately to claim the 

 utmost attention and admiration : as such, the cultiva- 

 tor of these cabbages will not only realize pecuniary 

 profit beyond any previous experience, but the manu- 

 facturer will also obtain a material superior to any 

 heretofore produced by the most profitable speculation, 

 the general and extensive demand for which must ex- 

 ceed all present calculation. The commerce of the 

 country, as well as the interest and pleasure of the 

 community at large, will likewise be greatly, if not in- 

 calculably, enhanced by the cultivation and use of this 

 improved vegetable production. This Waterloo Cec- 

 sarean cow cabbage has been pronounced by the fath- 

 er of the agriculturists, whom, from his well known 

 experience, w'e are all bound to believe, to be the 

 greatest wonder tliat ever appeared in the vegetable 

 kingdom. It was shown to that very highly esteemed 

 and truly respectible gentleman, T. W. Coke, Esq., 

 Holkham Hall, Norfolk, in October last, when he im- 

 mediately said — 'Mr. Fullard, you told me, three years 

 ago, agriculturists u-ere only half way advanced in m- 

 provement : this cabbage vwkes me say I am bound to 

 believe you. I do say it is the greatest ivonder the earth 

 ever jjroduced.' Mr. Coke subsequently introduced se- 

 veral dukes and other noblemen, to the number of nine, 

 to view this great production, all of whom expressed 

 their astonishment, and engaged a part of the seed for 

 use this year (183G.) These cabbages, if designed 

 for use in the winter season, can, for convenience, as 

 well as advantage to the grower, be then removed from 

 the fields, and will serve to make handsome serpentine 

 walks in gardens ; or they will form a most excellent 

 avenue for winter across a field ; or, by setting them 

 singly, will make a ground, that has not a tree in it, a 

 park for winter, and may be given to the stock in 

 spring. To obviate scepticism, and to afford the high- 

 est satisfaction and confidence as to the perfect recti- 

 tude of the statements here given, agriculturists, gra- 

 ziers, and all who feel an interest in the species of 

 produce, are respectfully requested to apply to Mr. 



, wholesale perfumer. No. , , London, 



who will, with pleasure, exhibit speciments of the cab- 

 bage, and also wool of sheep fed with this vegetable 



production. Mr. is the sole agent in London for 



the Waterloo Ca?sarean cow cabbage seed. All pur- 

 chasers of it arc particularly desired to sow it at the 

 proper season (which is in July,) as stated in the direc- 

 tions which accompany the parcels, price 20s. each. 

 The plants of this seed, unlike other vegetable produce 

 for cattle, never fail, either numerically or in quality. 

 A part of this seed has been engaged by His Majesty, 

 and forwarded to Norfolk Farm, near Windsor, to be 

 sown this season ; and the production is already like- 

 wise patronised by most of the royal family. The 

 Duke of Wellington, and the following gentleman, are 

 a few only who have selected the seed for cultivation 



this year : — the Right Hon. Dymock, Champion 



of England ; Robert Leeds, Esq., Surrey ; Thomas 

 Back, Esq., Wellesbro' ; Joseph Cowen, Esq., Bla- 

 denburn ; Sir William Folk, Norfolk ; R. Preston, 



Esq., Barrister, Lincoln's Inn; Allington, Esq., 



Little Barford, near St. Neots ; Edward Lindseli, Esq., 

 Broon, near Biggleswade ; Henry Walker, Esq., Corn 



Exchange ; R. Sutton, Esq., Royal Exchange ; 



Jesse, Esq., Hampton Court ; Henry Hills, Esq., Al- 

 lebury ; Ilenry Handley, Esq., M. P., Lincolnshire ; 



Perkins, Esq., proprietor of Islington Market ; 



William Shield, Esq., Lincolnshire ; Thomas Hudson, 



Esq., York; Hern, Esq., Bury St. Edmonds; 



Watkin, Esq., Windsor. It is desirable to re- 

 member, that these sweet vegetables, when boiled, are 

 remarkably tender, and in flavor resemble asparagus. 

 For the table, or culinary purposes, they will ever be 

 highly appreciated. They grow in the form of a 



