R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



CABBAGE. {Kopfkohl.^i 



Culture. For very early use sow in January or February in hot-beds, prick out when the plants are strong enough into other 

 hot-beds, or sow in cold frames in March. Transplant to the open ground when danger Irora killing frosts has passed, in rows 

 two feet apart and eighteen inches from plant to plant. For succession, sow in the open ground the last of March or early in ApriL 

 Plants which have been sown in the autumn and wintered over in cold frames are usually set out from the middle of March to the 

 middle of April, in rows about two feet apart and the plants eighteen inches apart. The autumn and winter varieties may be sown 

 in April or early in May in shallow drills three or four inches apart; transplant early in July, making the rows about t'wo and a half 

 feet ipart, and setting the plants two feet apart in the rows. Cabbage succeeds best in a fresh, rich soil, well manured and deeply 

 dug or plowed. The late plants are subject to attacks of the cabbage flv, which desfrnys them as f.ist as thev appear above ground- 

 To preserve the plants, sprinkle them early in the morning while they are wet with dew, with slug-shot or tobacco Oust. Dalmatiu) 

 £nsect Powder sprinkledon the plants will keep off the cabbage worms. One ounce of seed produces about thirty five hundred flantt 



Early Jersey 'Wakefield Cabbage. 



Early Spring. Around flat-headed, extra early variety, coming in with the Wakefield. 



The heads are exceedingly uniform and very solid, even when quite young . . . 

 Express Extra E.arly. The earliest; medium sized solid heads; tender and delicious 

 Very Early Etampes. Solid, pointed head; very dwarf; may be planted close 

 WiNNlGSTADT. Pointed head, adapted for light soils; medium early . 

 Early York. Solid and very early; a standard old sort; small . . 

 Early Jersey Wakefield. Early and sure-heading; pyramidal shape 

 Charlestom Wakefield. A large strain of the foregoing .... 

 Early Summer. The best second-early sort; large and solid heads . 



Succession. Very fine for second-early or late crops 



All SE.A.SONS; Selected. Excellent for main crop; large; reliable header 



All-Head. Earliest of the large cabbages; heads uniformly solid. Splendid sort 



FoTTLER's Improved Brunswick. Our stock of this useful main crop cabbage is un 



surpassed, the heads often weighing twenty to thirty pounds; large, very solid and 



tender when cooked; stem short and small; reliable header 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



Ji Ib- 



Lb. 



.10 



■30 



.85 



$3.00 



•OS 



.20 



.60 



2.00 



. .05 



.20 



.60 



2.00 



. .05 



•IS 



.50 



1.50 



.05 



•IS 



•50 



1.50 



.05 



.2S 



•75 



2.50 



.05 



.2S 



• 75 



2.50 



•OS 



.20 



.60 



2.00 



.05 



•25 



■75 



2.50 



•OS 



•25 



•75 



2.50 



•OS 



.25 



•75 



2.50 



.05 



•75 250 



