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the edge of some of the exterior leaves and the 

 top of the heads assume a purple cast. The edges of 

 the exterior leaves and of the two or three that make 

 the outside of the head are quite ruffled so that when 

 grown side by side with Stone Mason, this distinction 

 between the habit of growth of the two varieties is no- 

 ticeable at quite a distance. Stumps short ; reliable for 

 heading. Have the rows three feet apart, and the 

 plants from two and a half to three feet apart- in the 

 rows. This cabbage is very widely cultivated, and in 

 many respects is an excellent sort to raise for late mar- 

 keting. 



Early Low Dutch. Heads round, medium sized, 

 solid. Outside leaves few in number ; stalk thick and 

 short. Medium early, tender and of good quality. Plant 

 two and a half feet by two. 



Stone Mason. An improvement on the Mason, 

 which cabbage was selected by Mr. John Mason of Mar- 

 blehead, from a number of 

 varieties of cabbage that came 

 from a lot of seed purchased 

 and planted as Savoys. Mr. 

 John Stone afterwards im- 

 proved upon the Mason cab- 

 bage, by increasing the size 

 of the heads. Different grow- 

 ers differ in their standard 

 of a Stone Mason cabbage, in earliness and lateness, 

 and in the size, form and hardness of the head. But 

 all these varieties agree in the characteristics of being 

 very reliable for heading, in having heads, which are 

 large, very hard, very tender, rich and sweet ; short 



