



30 Richard Frotscher’s Almanac and Garden Manual 

CABBACE. | 
Cuou PomMeE (Fr.), KoprKout (Ger.), REPOLLO (Sp.). 
ImprovepD Larcr LatE DRUMHEAD. 
FROTSCHER’S SUPERIOR LATE 
Frat Deutcu. 
Earuy YORK. 
Earty LARGE YORK. 
EaRLy Suaar Loar. 
EarRLyY LARGE OXHEART. . | Rep Dutc#H (for Pickling). 
EarRLy WINNINGSTADT. | GREEN GLOBE SAVoyY. 
JERSEY WAKEFIELD. | Earty DwarkF Savoy. 

Barty Fiat Durcs. DRUMHEAD Savoy. hes 
HaRLY DRUMHEAD. St. DENis oR CHou BONNEUIL. 
LarcGe Fiat BRUNSWICK. EXCELSIOR. 
IMPROVED EARLY SUMMER. 
Culture. | 
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 paying 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 allowed to get dry 
from the sowing of the seed till large enough to transplant. There is 
no danger in doing this of sealding the plants, as many would sup- 
pose; but on the contrary, 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. Tobacco stems chopped up and scattered 
between the plants and in the walks between the beds, are a preventa- 
tive 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 climates, 
where the first cabbage in spring brings a good price. 
Large Work. 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. pointed variety, with spoon 
shaped leaves; sown in early spring for an early summer cabbage. - 
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 isa very fine solid-heading vari- 
ety; 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. 





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