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similar variety designated in the seedsmen's cata- 

 logues as the early Wellington. 



11. Fulham. This variety is one of the best in 

 cultivation for every culinary purpose, being early, 

 of a good size, and well flavoured, and not so liable 

 to crack after forming the heads, as some of the 

 others. 



12. Flat Dutch or Drumhead is a very large 

 spreading cabbage, generally very broad, and flat 

 at the top, and pretty close and firm. It is in per- 

 fection in September, and will continue till Christ- 

 mas, or longer. It is principally valued as a field 

 cabbage for feeding cattle, but is eligible also for 

 occasional family use. 



13. Red Dutch is a middle-sized, roundish, thick- 

 leaved cabbage, heading very hard, and the whole of 

 a red purplish colour ; the darker the colour, and the 

 more thick and fleshy the leaves, without any white 

 in the ribs and veins, the more valuable. It is in 

 perfection from autumn until the end of winter, as 

 well as in all the spring months till May. This sort 

 is esteemed principally as a choice pickle, and is 

 sometimes sliced in salads in its raw state. All these 

 sorts or varieties of cabbage are biennial, being 

 raised from seed, and attaining perfection the first 

 year, and the second shooting up into stalk, to 

 flower and seed, and soon after wholly perishing. 



Culture. Fortunately the cabbage, one of our 

 most valuable vegetables, can be cultivated by the 

 most simple and easy means : it grows in most soils 

 likely to nourish a plant, and produces its beneficial 

 heads nearly all the year round. In land that has 

 been previously well manured, they do best, espe- 



