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every bit of otherwise idle ground. They can be planted 

 between beds and rows of anything and everything, 

 to be eaten as greens when young, or left to head on the 

 coming off of other crops, and if there should be a super- 

 abundance above the wants of the family, nothing is 

 better for the cow and the pig. When the seed are care- 

 fully selected and the strains are preserved, the American 

 seeds are superior to the imported, and produce finer and 

 larger heads. No seed for late cabbage is better than our 

 own, if saved from fine, large heads. But all the late 

 cabbages in hot climates, without proper care, are prone 

 to run into coleworts or " collards." 

 The best varieties are as follows: 



Early Jersey Wakefield. — This cabbage has taken 

 the place in recent years of the Early York, which for 



Fig. 110— Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage. 



many years was the best for the earliest crop. The Wake- 

 field is a conical headed cabbage, and the outside foliage 

 permits of close planting, so that a large crop may be 

 produced from an acre of ground. There is a larger 



