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the Union was included in the list, and we are 

 pleased to state that, so far as received, the re- 

 ports speak very favorably of it. 



THE FLAT DUTCH, in its different strains, is 

 by far more widely and extensively cultivated 

 throughout this country than any other va- 

 riety. Nearly every seed-grower has a partic- 

 ular strain of this variety which he claims to 

 be superior to any to be obtained elsewhere. 

 The truth is there is little difference in them, 

 and any one which has been for years se- 

 lected for seed purposes, and only those 

 which have formed perfect heads saved and 

 planted for producing seeds, will give satisfac- 

 tion. English-grown seeds of late varieties of 

 cabbage usually fail entirely to produce good 

 heads in this country, and should never be 

 planted with the expectation of obtaining more 

 than a good growth of leaves for fodder. We 

 attribute as a reason for this, not that the cli- 

 mate is unfavorable, for it .is even better or 

 more perfectly adapted to the wants of the 

 cabbage than our own, but to the fact that 

 these imported seeds are usually very carelessly 

 grown from stumps, refuse heads, or plants 

 which have failed to head at all. The reason 

 for importing these seeds is that they can be 



