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freezing weather. A system of grouping 1 suggested by 

 C. L. Allen is the most valuable. ("Cabbage, Cauliflower 

 and Allied Vegetables," p. 54.) The names of certain 

 well-known and usually old varieties are used to indi- 

 cate the groups, as (i) Wakefield and Winningstadt 

 Group, (2) Flat Dutch or Drumhead Group, (3) Savoy 

 Group, (4) Red Cabbage Group, (5) Danish Ballhead 

 Group, (6) Alpha Group. (7) The Volga group, which 

 is not included in the Allen grouping, is here added. 



FIG. 66. A FIELD OF JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGE 



338. Wakefield and Winningstadt Group. JERSEY 

 WAKEFIELD is an old English variety introduced on Long 

 Island about 50 years ago. In 1886, Peter Henderson 

 wrote, "It is universally considered the best early cab- 

 bage in cultivation.'' C. L. Allen, writing probably 15 

 years later, stated, "It has no superior." Practically 

 all of the old writers praise this variety, and market 

 gardeners today can find nothing better as a first early 

 cabbage. Judging from descriptions and illustrations 



