50 CABBAGES, HOW TO GROW THEM, ETC. 



American Green Glazed. Heads loose though 

 rather large, with a great body of waste leaves sur- 

 rounding them ; quality poor ; late ; stump long. This 

 cabbage was readily distinguished among all the varie- 

 ties in my experimental plot by the deep, rich green of 

 the leaves with their bright lustre as though varnished. 

 It is grown somewhat extensively in the South, as it is 

 believed not to be so liable to injury from insects as 

 other varieties. Plant two and a half feet apart each 

 way. I would advise my Southern friends to try the 

 merits of other kinds before adopting this poor affair. I 

 know, through my correspondence, that the Mammoth 

 has done well as far South as Louisiana and Cuba, and 

 the Fottler in many sections of the South has given 

 great satisfaction. 



Fottler's Early Drumhead. Several years ago a 

 Boston Seedsman imported a lot of Cabbage seed from 

 Europe, under 

 the name of 

 Early Bruns- 

 wick Short 

 Stemmed. It 

 proved to be a 

 large heading 

 and very early 

 Drumhead. 

 The heads 

 were from 

 eight to eigh- 

 teen inches in 

 diameter, near- 

 ly flat, hard, sweet and tender in quality ; few waste 

 leaves ; stump short. In earliness it was about a fort- 



