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KICHAKD FEOTSCHER S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 



Early Drumhead. 



Improved Farly Summer. 



day. Tobacco stems chopped up and scattered between the plants and in the walks between 

 the beds, are a preventative against the fly. 



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 cHmates, where the first cabbage in 

 spring brings a good price. 



Large York. About two to three weeks 

 later than the above, forming hard heads; not 

 grown for the market. Recommended for 

 family use. 



Early Saig^ar Loaf. Another pointed 

 variety, with spoon-shaped loaves; sown in 

 early spring for an early summer cabbage. 



Early Lary:e ©xSseart. An excellent 

 variety, which is later than the Liarge York, 

 and well adapted for sowing in fall or early 

 spring. 



Ear3y ^l^iaiBiiaigrslst^t* This is a 

 very line solid-heading variety; pointed and of 

 good size, of the same season as the Oxheart. 

 It is very good for family use. It does not suit 

 the market, as no pointed cabbage can be sold, 

 to any advantage in the New Orleans market. 



Jersey 'Wak.eSelcS. Very popular in 

 the North; but little planted here. It is of 

 medium size and heads up well. 



EarBy FBat l>a.stcSa. An intermediate 

 kind between the early pointed and late 

 varieties. 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. 



EarSy fi>rMEBB^2a';ad. 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. 



Larfje FSat EJrasEBS^viiife. This is a 

 late German variety, introduced by me over 

 tAventy years ago. It is an excellent variety, 

 and when v\ell beaded up, the shape of it is a 

 true type (-f a Pr-i'iiiium Fiat Dutch Cabbage. 

 It recpiires very rich ground if sown for winter 

 crop, and should be sovrn early, as it is a httle 

 more susceptible of frost than the Superior 

 Fiat Diitch. It is well adapted for shipping, 

 being very hard, and does not wilt so quick as 



others. At Frenier, along the Jackson R. E, , 

 this is the kind principally planted, and is pre- 

 ferred over all other varieties. The people 

 hving 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 EarSy gsasiiimer. This 

 cabbage is of recent introduction. It is not 

 quite so large as the Brunswick; for fail 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 of 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 four 

 years ago near the city. The gxower could 

 commence on one end of the row to cut, and 

 continue to the end, all well headed. The}" 

 averaged about 7 pounds. 



I E&8 proved Larg:c Late Brsiiaa- 

 Saead. Fine large variety; should be sown 

 early in the fail for winter, or during December 

 and January for late spring use; it will stand 

 more cold weather than the Brunsvv'ick. 



Superior Late FSat ©iitcSi. 

 This is the most popular variety for Avinter 

 cabbage, and cultivated by almost every gar- 

 dener who plants for the New Orleans market. 

 My stock is of superior quahty, and I venture 

 to say that seventy-five per cent, of all cabbage 

 sold in the New Orleans market are of seeds 

 Avhich have been obtained from my store. 

 During winter and sprmg, specimens which 

 are brought as samples to my establishment, 

 weighing from fifteen to twenty-five pounds, 

 can frequently be seen. In regard to the time 

 of planting, see remarks under head of "Cab- 

 bage" in the directions for planting for July. 



