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Henderson's Early Summer, This peerless variety 

 originated with Mr. Abraham Van Si-cklen, of Jamaica, 

 Long Island, N. Y., (to whom I paid $600 for twenty 

 pounds of the seed), but was named and first introduced 

 by me in 1874. The Early Summer heads about ten 

 days later than the Jersey Wakefield, but being of over 

 double the size, it may be classed as the best large early 

 Cabbage. In weight it is equal to most of the late vari- 



Fig. 26. HENDERSON'S EARLY SUMMER CABBAGE. 



eties, and its short outer leaves enable it to be planted as 

 close as the Wakefield, or at the rate of about 10,000 to 

 12,000 to the acre, while the Early Flat Dutch, Win- 

 ningstadt, etc., producing no larger heads, can only be 

 grown at the rate of 8,000 to the acre. It is equally 

 valuable to use as a late sort, as, when sown and planted 

 at the proper time for late Cabbage to be used in winter, 

 we consider it has 110 superior. 



Premier, A variety of quite recent introduction, 

 exceedingly early, and much valued as a market sort. 



