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those belonging in a class with the Early Wakefield. Most of these 

 are raised by gardeners for early market trade. The plants are 

 started in a greenhouse and carried to the field where they are 

 transplanted. Cabbages in this class are rather small, most of 

 them being conical in shape. Of all the early varieties perhaps 

 the Early Jersey Wakefield is the most popular. 



Fig. 431. — Allhead Early 



The second class covers those called Domestic. The varieties 

 in this class mature in the early fall. They are desirable for both 

 market and kraut purposes. There are three varieties in this 

 class that seem to have considerable merit — the old standard 

 Warren, the Succession and the Autumn King. The Succession 

 has the most uniform type of head of any cabbage I am familiar 

 with. Any one of these true varieties is a heavy cropper. 



Third comes the late commercial class. Most all of this class 

 are called " Danish." The Geneva Station collected twenty-two 

 varieties in this class and tested them out ; hardly any two looked 



