42 CABBAGES, HOW TO GROW THEM, ETC. 



leaf at the top ; larger than Oxlieart, are harder than 

 any of the early oblong heading cabbages ; stumps mid- 

 dling short. Matures about ten days later than Early 

 York. The Winnigstadt is remarkably reliable for 

 heading, being not excelled in this respect when the 

 seed has been raised with care, by any cabbage grown. 

 It is a capital sort for Early Market outside our large 

 cities where the very early kinds are net so eagerly 

 craved. It is so reliable for heading that it will often 

 make fine heads where other sorts fail, and I would ad- 

 vise all who have not succeeded in their efforts to grow 

 cabbage to try this before giving up their attempts. It 

 is raised by some for Winter use, and where the drum 

 heads are not so successfully raised I would advise my 

 farmer friends to try the Winnigstadt, as the heads are 

 so hard that they keep without much waste. Have rows 

 two feet apart, and plant twenty inches to two feet apart 

 in the rows. 



Red Dutch. Heads nearly conical, medium sized, 

 hard, of a very deep red ; outer leaves* numerous, and 

 not so red as the head, being somewhat mixed with 

 green ; stump rather long. This cabbage is usually 

 planted too late ; it requires nearly the whole season to 

 mature. It is used for pickling, or cut up fine as a sal- 

 ad served with vinegar and pepper. This is a very ten- 

 der cabbage, and were it not for its color would be an 

 excellent sort to boil ; to those who have a mind to eat 

 it with their eyes shut, this objection will not apply. 



Red Drumhead. Like the preceding with the ex- 

 ception that the heads grow round or nearly so, are 

 harder, and of double the size. Care should be taken 

 not to run these cabbages too large, as they will, begin 

 to lose in color, which lessens their value for pickling 



