32 RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
and January. After the middle of January, setting out ean be commenced with. 
These early varieties of Cabbage require special fertilizing to have them large. 
Early varieties are sown during winter and early spring. Cabbage isa very impor- 
tant crop, and one of the best paying for the market gardener. It requires 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 is never allowed to get dry from the sowing 
of the seed till large enough totransplant. There is no danger, in doing this, of 
scalding the plants, as many would suppose; but on the contrary, the plants thrive 
well, and so treated, will be less liable to be attacked by the cabbage-fiies, as they 
are too often disturbed during the 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 Cabbage. 
Early Work. This is an early va- 
riety, but very little grown here except 
for family use. 
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. 
Earge York. About two to three 
weeks later than the above, forming 
hard heads; not grown for the market. 
Recommended for family use. 
Early Sugar Loaf. Another point- 
ed variety, with spoon-shaped leaves; 
sown in early spring for an early sum- 
mer cabbage. 
Early Large Oxheart. An excel- 
lent variety, which is later than the 
Large York, and well adapted for sow- 
ing 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 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 Wakefield. Very popular 
in the North; but little planted here. 
It is of medium size and heads up well. 
Large Flat Brunswick. 
As we have cabbage | 
Early Dwarf Savoy. 
EBariy Flat Duich. An intermediate 
variety between the early pointed and 
late varieties. It is not, on an average, 
as heavy as the Oxheart or Winning- 
stadt; but, ifraised fur the market, more 
salable on account of being flat. Yery 
good variety for family use. 
Early Drumhead. A similar va- 
riety 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. This is 
a late German variety, introduced by 
me about twenty years ago. It is an 
excellent variety, and when well headed 
up the shape of it is a true type ofa 
Premium Flat Dutch Cabbage. It re- 
quires very rich ground, and should be 
sown early, as it is a little more suscep- 
tible of frost than the Superior Flat 
Dutch. It is well adapted for shipping, 
being very hard, and does not wilt so 
quick as others. At Frenier, along the 
Jackson Railroad, this is the kind prin- 
cipally planted, and is preferred over 
all other varieties. The people living 
there plant nothing else but cabbage, 
aud have tried nearly all highly recom- 
