THE CABBAGE 



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The Mason Cabbage, in shape, is nearly Mason. J. j. n. 

 hemispherical ; the head standing well out Gregory. 



from among the leaves, growing on a small and short stalk. 

 Under good cultivation, the 

 heads will average nine 

 inches in diameter, and 

 seven inches in depth. It 

 is characterized for its 

 sweetness, and for its reli- 

 ability for forming a solid 

 head. It is also an excel- 

 lent variety for cultivation 

 in extreme Northern lati- Mason Cabba s e - 



tudes, where, from the shortness of the season, or in those 

 sections of the South, where, from excessive heat, plants 

 rarely cabbage well. Under good cultivation, nearly every 

 plant will set a marketable head. 



Originated by Mr. John Mason of Marblehead, Mass. 



This variety is of recent introduction. The Pomeranian, 

 head, which is of medium size, has the form 

 of an elongated cone, and is regular and symmetrical. It 

 is quite solid, of a pale or yellowish-green color, tender and 

 well flavored, and remarkable for the peculiar manner in 

 which the leaves are collected, and twisted to a point, at its 

 top. Stalk rather high. 



It is an intermediate variety, and excellent either as an 

 autumnal or winter cabbage. As it heads promptly, and, 

 besides, is of remarkable solidity, it makes a profitable mar- 

 ket cabbage, keeping well, and bearing transportation with 

 little injury. 



Head large, bluish-green, round, solid, 

 broad and flat on the top, and often tinted 

 with red or brown. The exterior leaves are 

 few in number, roundish, broad and large, clasping, blis- 



Premlum 

 Flat Dutch. 



LARGE FLAT 

 DUTCH. 



