54 CABBAGE. 



WAKEFIELD AND WINNINGSTADT GROUP. 



This group includes cabbages with pointed 

 heads, of which there are numerous varieties, but 

 few of the same are in cultivation for market cab- 

 bages in this country, and to these only shall we give 

 special mention, as they are the only ones the Ameri- 

 can gardener is interested in. 



The Jersey Wakefield. This variety was intro- 

 duced from England about forty years ago, but of 

 its history or original name we have no knowledge. 

 From the date of its introduction it has been a popu- 



Fig. i Early Jersey Wakefield. 



lar sort, and deservedly so, for in point of usefulness 

 it has no superior. In our climate it has improved 

 in size and earliness, the consequence of being grown 

 on different soils, as previously mentioned. 



We do not know of any cabbage that is so 

 peculiar in its likes and dislikes as the Wakefield, 



