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A vegetable cultivated the same as the cabbage, but very 

 little known here. Tlie small h- ads which appear aloojj the up- 

 per part of the stalk between the leaves, make a fine dish when 

 w^ell prepared. * 



CABBAGE. 



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



Early York. 

 Early Largk York. 

 Early Sugar Loaf. 

 Early 1-,arge Oxiieart. 

 Early Winningstadt. 

 Jersey Wakefield. 

 Early Flat Dutch. 

 Large Flat Brunswick . 



Fotler's Lmproved Brunswick. 

 Large Late Drumhead. 

 Frotscher's Sup'r Late Flat Dutch 

 Red Du.ch (for Pickling). 

 Green Globe 8avoy. 

 Early Dwarf Savoy. 

 Drumhead Savoy. 

 St. Denis or Chou Bonneuil. 



Culture, 



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

 manured. 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. Earl}^ varieties are sown during winter and early 

 S{)ring. Cabbage is a very important crop and one of the best 

 paying for the market-gardener. It requires more work and at- 

 tention than most people are willing to give, to raise cabbage 

 plants during the months of July and August. I have found, by 

 careful obseivation, that plants raised in August are the surest 

 to head here. The most successful gardeners in raising cabbage 

 plants, sow the sneds thinly in seed-beds, and water several times 

 during the day j in fact the seed bed never is allowed to get dry 

 from tlie sowiu^- of the seed till large enough to transplant. 

 There is no dinger in doing this of scalding the plants, as many 

 would suppose; but just the reverse; the plants thrive well, and 

 so treated will be less liable to be attacked by the cabbage-fly, as 

 they are too often disturbed during the day. 



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 IsTorthern 

 climates, where the first cabbage in spring brings a good price. 



Larg'e York. About two to three weeks later than the 

 above, forming hard heads; not grown for the market. Eecom- 

 meuded for family use. 



Early Sugar Loaf. Another pointed variety, with spoon 

 shaped leaves ; sown in early spring for an early summer Cab- 

 bage. 



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 A^ery fine solid-heading 

 variety; pointed and of good size, of the same season as the Ox- 

 heart. It is very good for family use. It does not suit the mar- 

 ket, as no pointed cabbage can be sold to any advantage in the 

 New Orleans Market. 



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