CABBAGE. 53 



A Mr. Strang, whose farm is particularly noted 

 for the growing of early crops, has developed a strain 

 of the Flat Dutch cabbage that excels for earliness, 

 uniformity in size, freedom from superfluous leaves, 

 tenderness, and, in fact, all the good qualities sought 

 in a variety together with a sureness of heading that 

 has made this one of the most popular varieties under 

 cultivation. Whether this success is due m to soil 

 and location, or to the infinitely greater care and 

 attention he paid to the growing of his crops 

 than the average farmer gives we are not prepared 

 to say. 



This variety was introduced to the trade under 

 the name of "All Head," which is truly significant. 

 So valuable is this strain for commercial purposes 

 that a large number of dealers have sent it out as a 

 specialty bearing their name with a special prefix. 



Other strains have been given names of local 

 significance. It is a fact known to all interested in 

 vegetable forms that where any class can be well 

 grown, that is, where it shows a tendency to improve 

 with good cultivation, that these selections can, and 

 should be, made for that locality. There the plant 

 will adapt itself to the conditions of soil and climate, 

 and develop types superior to any that can be pro- 

 duced elsewhere. This principle holds good with 

 all seeds; and the seedsman, without regard to the 

 name given to his various types or varieties, always 

 secures his stocks from localities where the plants 

 can be grown to the greatest perfection. 



We have written this much to give some insight 

 into nomenclature and to show the origin of the vast 

 number of variety names given to strains, or so-called 

 varieties, not at all dissimilar. 



