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Drumhead Savoy. This variety is the largest of the 

 Savoy Class, and is the sort most generally cultivated for 

 market. The head is large, spherical, very solid and com- 

 pact, of a yellowish-green; and like all others of the 

 Savoy varieties, is of excellent flavor, far surpassing that 

 of any late Cabbage. Still, such is the force of habit, that 

 the public do not purchase one Savoy for every thousand 



Fig. 36. DRUMHEAD SAVOY CABBAGE. 



of the coarse Drumhead class, although the difference in 

 quality between the two is as great as between the fox 

 grape of the woods and a cultivated Delaware. 

 Green Globe Savoy, Smaller in all respects than the 

 preceding, of darker green, the loaves intensely wrinkled. 

 The compact and rather upright growth of the lower 

 loaves allows it to be planted quite as close as early Cab- 

 bage, 24 inches by 18 inches. It is the favorite of all 

 the varieties for family use. 



Red Dutch, Is used almost exclusively for pickling; 



