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HENDERSON'S SELECTED EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGE. 



( See illustration on colored plate. ) 



The first notoriety that this variety received, was when our Mr. Peter Henderson extolled it in 

 his book, " Gardening for Profit." That was nearly seventeen years ago, and since then it has 

 deservedly taken the first place as an early market variety. To mo:.t growers the merits and char- 

 acteristics of the variety are well known. To those who may not be familiar with it, we would say, 

 that it is justly considered the best early cabbage in cultivation. Among its merits may be men- 

 tioned its large size of head, small outside foliage, and its uniformity in producing a crop. The 

 heads are pyramidal in shape, having rather a blunted or rounded peak. The true Wakefield 

 Cabbage is always a shy seeder, and as a consequence the seed is always higher in price 

 than other kinds. This year we are in a position, however, to offer our unequaled strain at the 

 following reasonable prices : 



10 cts. per pkt; 50 cts. per oz.; $1.50 per % lb.; $5.00 per lb. 



HENDERSON'S EARLY SUMMER CABBAGE. 



{See illustration on colored plate.) 



In 1874 we first offered the seed of this grand cabbage, and every year since we have used 

 the utmost care in the selection of heads for seed purposes, and have so improved the variety that 

 to-day we are selling a far better strain of Early Summer than we offered in the year of its intro- 

 duction. Our stock of this variety we believe to be the best in the country, and that our cus- 

 tomers also so consider it, the testimonials scattered throughout this Manual well attest. 



The Early Summer is about ten days later than the Wakefield, but being of over double the 

 size, it may be classed as the best large early cabbage. In weight it is equal to most of the late 

 varieties, and its short outer leaves enable it to be planted nearly as close as the Jersey Wakefield, 

 about 12,000 to the acre, while Early Flat Dutch, Winningstadt, etc., producing no larger heads, can 

 only be produced at the rate of 8,000 to the acre. Another excellent quality of the Early Summer 

 Cabbage is that it keeps longer without bursting open after heading than any variety we know of. 

 We would, however, caution those of our customers who intend to grow it in cold frames (to winter 

 •over) to sow it at least ten days later than the Wakefield, or other early varieties, as it has some ten- 

 dency to run to seed if sown at the dates suitable for other early sorts. In this latitude we sow 

 Early Summer on the 25th of September. 



10 cts. per pkt.; 50 cts. per oz.; $1.50 per ^ lb.; $5.00 per lb. 



HENDERSON'S SELECTED LATE FLAT DUTCH CABBAGE. 



(See illustration on colored plate.) 



We show this variety on our colored plate, and as there portrayed it conveys an excellent idea 

 of the type of the matured heads. To this we have only to add that the seed offered has been 

 grown from heads uniform in size, large and solid. Those who now buy it for the first time will 

 find it to be one of the most satisfactory strains of late cabbage they have ever used. 

 10 cts. per pkt; 30 cts. per oz.; $1.00 per ^ lb.; $3.50 per lb. 



I had Peas from Henderson's First of All yesterday. They were planted March 13th. 



Olney, III., May 25, 1884. 

 E. H. NORWOOD. 



