FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
Early York. 
This is an early variety, 
but very little grown here except for family 
use. As we have cabbage heading up almost 
the whole year, it has not the same value as 
in Northern climates, where the first cabbage 
in spring brings a good price. 
Large York. About two or three weeks 
later than the above, forming hard heads; not 
erown for the market. Recommended for 
family use. 
Early Large Oxheart. An excellent 
variety, which is later than the Large York, 
and well adapted for sowing in fall or early 
spring. 
Early Winningstadt. ‘This is a 
very fine solid-heading variety; pointed and 
of good size, of the same season as the Ox- 
heart. Itis very good for family use. 
not suit the market, as no pointed cabbage 
can be sold to any advantage in the New Or- 
leans market. 
Jersey Wakefield. Very popular in 
the North; but little planted here. It is of 
medium size and heads up well. 
Early Fiat Dutch. An intermediate 
kind between the early pointed and late varie- 
ties. It is not, on an average, as heavy as the 
Oxheart or Winningstadt; but, if raised for 
the market, more salable on account of being 
flat. Very good variety for family use. 
Early Drumhead. A similar variety 
to the above; a little earlier, and not making 
as many leaves, it can be planted close. A 
good early spring cabbage. 
Large Flat Brunswick. Thisisa 
late German variety, introduced by me over 
twenty-five years ago. It is an excellent kind, 
and when well headed up, the shape of it is a 
true type of a Premium Flat Dutch Cabbage. 
It requires very rich ground if sown for winter 
crop, and should be sown early, as it is a little 
more susceptible of frost than the Superior 
Flat Dutch. Itis well adapted for shipping, 
being very hard, and does not wilt so quick as 
others. At Frenier, on the Ills. Cent. R. R., 
this is the kind principally planted, and is pre- 
ferred over all other varieties. The people 
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living there plant nothing else but cabbage, 
and have tried nearly all highly recommended 
varieties, and this is their choice. At that 
place the seeds are sown in October and 
November. The bulk of the cabbage raised 
there is shipped North in April and May, and 
is the finest which comes to the Chicago 
market. 
Improved Early Summer. This 
cabbage is of recent introduction. It is not 
quite so large as the Brunswick; for fall it can 
be sown in August; for spring, in November 
and as late as January. It heads up very 
uniform and does not produce many outside 
leaves. It is hardier than the Brunswick, and 
stands the cold and heat better. The seed I 
offer is the best strain cultivated, and can be 
planted closer together than the late varieties—- 
say about 8000 to the acre. The finest crop of 
this variety (one hundred and fifty thousand 
heads of cabbage) I ever saw, was raised a few 
years ago near the city. The grower could 
commence on one end of the row to cut, and 
continue to the end, all well headed. They 
averaged about 7 pounds. 
Improved Large Late Drum- 
head. Fine large variety; should be sown 
early in the fall for winter, or during Decem- 
ber and January for late spring use; it will 
stand more cold weather than the Brunswick. 
Superior Late Flat Dutch. This 
is the most popular variety for winter cab- 
bage, and cultivated by almost every gardener 
who plants for the New Orleans market. My 
stock is of superior quality, and I venture to 
say that seventy-five per cent. of all cabbage 
