56 CABBAGE. 



speaking of the regular type, but have seen as marked 

 a difference in an extra early type which makes a 

 smaller head. This in a given locality makes a 

 more uniform head and more regularly pointed, 

 than when grown but a short distance in other 

 directions. 



There seems something inherent in this kind 

 of cabbage to cause it to sport, but mainly in the 

 shape of head, some heads being nearly as round 

 as the Early York, while the type should be pointed. 

 Most of the strains grown show a marked tendency 

 toward round or oblong heads. The distinctive 

 strains of the Wakefield cabbage are: The "Early 

 Jersey Wakefield" (Fig. i), and the "Late or 

 Charleston Wakefield" (Fig. 2). 



The character of these is now pretty well de- 

 fined, and, as they are grown on Long Island there 

 is about ten days' difference, in their period of 

 growth. The size of the Charleston Wakefield is 

 proportionate to the time it has to grow, as six 

 pounds of any vegetable requires a longer time to 

 grow than four pounds. In this group may be 

 placed the "Long Island Beaut3^" This is a selection 

 from the round-headed Wakefield and grown on the 

 heaviest soil of Long Island. It has all the charac- 

 teristics of the Charleston Wakefield, other than in 

 the size and shape of head, but it is larger and quite 

 as early. The heads, in shape, are midway between 

 round and conical. We class this with the pointed- 

 headed cabbage, because of its parentage. High 

 cultivation is undoubtedly the cause of its large and 

 round heads, as when given poor cultivation, the 

 tendency is toward pointed heads. 



Among the other pointed sorts, the following 



