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The same rule holds good with the variety 

 known as Stein's Early Flat Dutch, which was saved 

 by another careful specialist, and in about the same 

 way. This is a larger variety, is shorter stemmed, 

 and not quite as early, and is exceedingly useful as 

 a -second Early Flat Dutch. This also has many 

 synonyms, as we shall show later on. 



In the origin of varieties we shall mention but 

 one more in a special way, that one being the "Mar- 

 ket Gardener's Private Stock" Flat Dutch, which 

 was a selection made by a very intelligent market 

 gardener who did quite a seed trade among the 

 farmers of his section. His farm was one of the 

 best on Long Island, and the soil was of the heaviest 

 loam, which was favorable for continuous growth. 

 For many years a careful selection had been made 

 with a view of large and solid heads of good keeping 

 quality. It was locally known as the Acme, and also 

 Houseman's, from the man who had grown it for 

 years. 



GROUPS. 



There are under general cultivation five separate 

 and distinct groups of cabbage, viz., Flat Dutch or 

 Drumhead ; the conical or pointed heads ; the Savoy ; 

 the Red; and the Danish or Hollander Ball Head. 

 These are the parents of types, almost innumerable, 

 variations in point of earliness or shape, which are 

 either due to climatic influences or conditions of soil. 



Types are only established by persistent effort 

 in the line of selection, and that in a given locality, 

 because if a change of locality is annually made, there 

 will be a small but sure inclination for the plant to 

 adapt itself to a new condition of growth. Some 



