EiCHARD Frotschee's Almanac and Garden Manual 



CABBAGE. 



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



Early York. 

 Early Large York. 

 Early Sugar Loaf. 

 Early Large Oxheaet. 

 Early Winningstadt. 

 Jersey Wakefield. 

 Early Flat Dutch. 

 Large Flat Brunswick. 



Fotler's Improved Brunswick. 

 Large Late Drumhead. 

 Superior Late Flat Dutch. 

 Red Dutch (for Pickling \ 

 Green Globe Savoy. 

 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. Early varieties are sown 

 during winter and early spring. Cabbage is a very important 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 never is allowed to get dry from the sowing of the seed 

 till large enough to transplant. There is no danger 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 Northern climates, where the 

 first cabbage in spring brings a good price. 



Larg-e Yorfe. About two to three weeks later than the above, 

 forming hard heads, not grown for the market. Recommended for 

 family use. 



Early Seig:ar I^oaf. Another pointed variety with spoon shaped 

 leaves, sown in early spring for an early summer Cabbage. 



Early Ear^re Oxheart. An excellent variety, which is later 

 than the Large York, and well adapted for sowingjn fall or early spring. 



Early lYiBieiing'Stadt. 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. 



