40 CABBAGES, HOW TO GROW THEM, ETC. 



raising cabbages for market. English grown drumhead 

 cabbage seed is utterly worthless for use in this country 

 except to raise greens or collards. 



The following are foreign varieties that are accepted 

 in this country as standards, and for years have been 

 more or less extensively cultivated : Early York, 

 Large York, Early Oxheart, Large French Oxheart, 

 Early Sugar Loaf, Early Winnigstadt, Red Dutch, 

 Red Drumhead. Of these the Large French Oxheart, 

 Red Drumhead and Early Winnigstadt have had a some- 

 what recent introduction, the two latter having grown 

 rapidly in popularity. In my experience as a seed 

 dealer, the Sugar Loaf and Oxheart are losing ground 

 in the farming community, t'le Early Jersey Wakefield 

 having to a large extent replaced them. 



Early York. Heads nearly ovoid, pretty hard for 

 an early sort, with few waste loaves surrounding them, 

 which are of a bright green cjlor. Reliable for heading. 

 Stump rather short. Plant two feet by eighteen inches. 

 This cabbage has been cultivated in England over a 

 hundred years. Little Pixte and Carter's Superfine 

 Early are with me each of them earlier than Early 

 York, are as reliable for heading, head much harder, 

 and are of better flavor ; the first does not grow as 

 large, but the second I think does, and is therefore much 

 preferable to it. 



Larg3 York is about a fortnight later than Early 

 York ; heads larger, not so long, and more solid ; leaves 

 gather closer around the head ; stumps short. It is as- 

 serted that this variety is less affected by heat than sev- 

 eral other kinds, and hence is a good cabbage for the 

 South. 



