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Richard Frotscher'n Almanac and Garden Manual 



CABBAGE. 



Chou Pomme (Fr.), Kopfkohl (Ger.), Eepollo (Sp.). 



Early York. 

 Early Large York. 

 Early Sugar Loaf. 

 Early Larg-e Oxheart. 

 Early Winningstadt. 

 Jersey Wakefield. 

 Early Flat Dutch. 

 Early Drumhead. 

 Large Flat BRUNS^vICK. 

 Improved Early Summer. 



Improved Large Late Drumhead. 

 Frotscher's Superior Late Flat 



, Dutch. 

 Red Dutch (for Pickling", 

 Green Globe Savoy. 

 Early Dwarf Savoy. 

 Drumhead Savoy. 

 St. Denis or Chou Bonneuil. 

 Excelsior. 



During the past "World's Exposition" I exhibited different vege- 

 tables as they were in season. Many visitors will recollect the tine 

 specimens of Cabbage, Beets, Celery, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Cucum- 

 bers, etc., they saw there displayed. I received the Prize for "-Frot- 

 seller's Fiat Hiitcli Cabbage" and Early Blood Turnip Beets. 

 Ten heads of Cabbage, devoid of all outside leaves, weighed one 

 hundred and seventy-three pounds. They were raised on Captain 

 Marcy's place, one mile below Algiers.— I did not exhibit these for 

 competition, but merely to show to our Northern visitors what fine 

 vegetables we have here during the winter, when at their homes every 

 thing is covered v»^ith snow and ice. The Committee of Awards on 

 Vegetables gave me the Prize without any solicitation on my part,— 

 they thinking it well merited. (See inside cover.) 



Cultut'e. 



Cabbage requires a strong, good soil, and should be heavily man- 

 ured. To raise large Cabbage without good soil and without working 

 the plants well, is an impossibility. Cabbage is sown here almost in 

 every month of the year, but the seed for a main crop should be sown 

 from July to September. Some sow^ earlier, but July is time enough. 

 For a succession, seed can be sown till November. Early varieties 

 are sown during winter and early spring. Cabbage is a very impor- 

 tant crop and one of the best pa/ydng for the market gardener. It re- 

 quires more work and attention than most people are willing to give, 

 to raise cabbage plants during the months of July and August. I 

 have found, by careful observation, that plants raised in August are 

 the surest to head here. The most successful gardeners in raising 

 cabbage plants, sow the seeds thinly in seed-beds, and water several 

 times during the day; in fact, the seed bed never is cillowed to get 



