R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.’S SEED CATALOGUE. : 9 
CABBAGE. (Koffkohi.) 
CuLturs. 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 from killing trosts 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 he sown 
in April or early in May in shallow dril!s three or four inches apart; transplant early in July, making the rows about two anda half 
feet apart, and Setting the plants two feet apart in the rows. Cabbage succeeds best in a fresh, rich soil, well manured and deepl 
dug or plowed. The late plants are subject to attacks of the cabbage fly, which destroys them as fast as they appear above ground. 
To preserve the plants, sprinkle.them early in the morning while they are wet with dew, with slug-shot or tobacco dust. Dalmatian 
Insect Powder. spritfkled on thé plants will keep off the cabbage worms. One ounce of seed produces about thirty five hundred plants. 
Early Jersey "Wakefield Cabbage. 
EARLY SPRING. A round flat-headed, extra early variety, coming in with the Wakefield. 
The heads are exceedingly uniform and very solid, even when quite young . . . . «IO  .30 85 $3.00 
Express ExTRA EARLY. ‘The earliest; medium sized solid heads; tender and delicious, .05 .20 260: 12x00 
VERY EARLY ETAMPES. Solid, pointed head; very dwarf; may be planted close . . .05 «20 .60 2.00 
WINNIGSTADT. Pointed head, adapted for lightsoils; medium early, . . . . . .  .05  ..20 .60 2.00 
EAREY YORK. “Solid and very early;.‘a standatd old sort; small 2. ww ky 05 TS Olea ase 
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. Early and sure-heading; pyramidal shape . . . . . 05  .25 a Gie op 2a5O 
CHARLESTON \WiAKEFIEED,, “A large. strain. of the foregoIne | ee te te tO i eh Si ie 2a 
EARLY SUMMER. The best second-early sort; large and solid heads . . . - + . .05 .20 4.60 2.00 
BUGeMSsIOm, | Very fiue for secomd-eatly or fate CYOpS] .)'. + “yey jn 1.8. sfaeime +e OS ye 25 Ey) ee fe) 
ALL SEASONS; SELECTED. Excellent for main lop. iawwe, Leliapie Meader sri. yank i. .05 25 75 2.50 
ALL-HEApD. Earliest of the large cabbages; heads uniformly solid. Splendid sort. . .10 .30 1.00 3.00 
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 ©. . . : « « s .. .05 225 AG. dase 
CABBAGE PLANTS. REapy IN JUNE. .25 per doz.; $1.50 per 100. 
Early Jersey Wakefield, Early Summer, Fottler’s Brunswick, and Stone Mason. 
