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EARLY WHITE CABBAGES 



^ I X) HAVE early cabbage, it is absolutely essential to 

 -* start with seeds of thoroughbred early kinds. In 

 common with the late sorts, early cabbages are divided 

 into flat- and round-headed sorts. In addition, the early 

 class claims the Wakefield cabbages which are of pointed 

 or oblong shape and the earliest of all to reach good size. 



Early Jersey Wakefield forms heads five inches in diam- 

 eter by eight inches long, within 100 days from date 

 seeds are sown. (See illustration.) Charleston Wake- 

 Held is slightly later, but also larger. Foremost among 

 the flat-headed early sorts ranks Early Eureka which 

 matures about the same time as Jersey Wakefield. 



The prize for size, quality, and earliness, however, is 

 justly claimed by Copenhagen Market, a perfectly ball- 

 shaped sort introduced from Denmark about ten years 

 ago. Heads, ten inches in diameter, averaging nine to 

 ten pounds in weight, are produced within 1 10 days after 

 seeds are sown. Outyields any other variety in this class. 



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