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competition has brought the price of nearly all 

 seeds very low at present. 



COVERING. Cabbage seed should be cov- 

 ered from one-fourth to one-half inch in depth, 

 and to insure Its rapid germination the surface 

 soil should be firmed, or pressed down, so as 

 to lie compactly around the seeds. 



VARIETIES. There are so many varieties of 

 early cabbage to be found in the various 

 catalogues, that the planter of but little expe- 

 rience is quite at a loss to know which to se- 

 lect. Yet among them all there are a few so 

 far above the majority in actual worth, that we 

 will speak only of what we consider the very 

 best. For earliest use, the Early Jersey 

 Wakefield is still regarded as the standard. 

 Hendersons Early Summer, though not quite 

 as early as the Wakefield, is so far ahead of it 

 in size that most gardeners who have tested it 

 now prefer to await the difference in time, as 

 it is by far the largest very early cabbage 

 grown. 



True, there are varieties earlier than the 

 Wakefield, and some may differ with us in 

 classing it as earliest. The Early York and 

 others are undoubtedly earlier, but as they are 



