8 PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—VECGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 
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Cone “Early Spring” Cabbage. 
A ROUND FLAT-HEADED EXTRA EARLY 
Coming in with the Wakefield and yielding one-third more than any other Extra Early. 
A GRAND ACQUISITION ==> 
Every head as uniform as if moulded, and remarkably solid even when young. 
Few and Small Outside Leaves. Small Veins. Fine Texture and Delicate Flavor. 
Dendserson’s nw Early Spring’ Cabbage 
\ K ] E introduced to the gardening public in 1894, after patient and exhaustive tests made by ovr- 
selves and other cabbage critics in several sections of the country, and all reports have been 
most flattering as to its merits as an early variety. We particularly entphasize the fact 
that its great value lies in its being a First Early FLAT cabbage, a type much preferred over pointed heads 
by most people, and it will readily be seen that this variety, with all of the merits of Early Summer, 
only a trifle smaller, which can be cut as early as Jersey Wakefield, is destined to secure a prominent 
and lasting place among vegetables. The variety is of Early Summer type, but about one-fifth smaller, 
having only four or five outside leaves, and these so small, and growing so near to the head, that it may 
be successfully planted twenty-one inches apart, 13,500 tothe acre, as close as any variety we know 
of. It possesses wonderful uniformity in shape, being round, slightly flattened at top of head. Stem 
is short and extends but little into the head; this feature is valuable, as it makes almost the 
entire head edible. The whole plant is finely bred; there is no suggestion of coarseness what- 
ever ; the veining of the leaves and leaf stems is particularly fine, the whole head being perfect 
throughout. There is no cabbage we know of having a more solid head; but, added to this, 
it has the peculiarity of heading firmly at an early stage in its growth, so that the finest cabbage, 
though small, can be obtained long before it has attained its mature size. Itis entirely free 
from any rankness of flavor. Its uniformity in shape and large yield per acre renders it 
particularly valuable for truckers, and its compact form and good quality will render it the 
finest Early cabbage for every private garden. 
Price, 20c. per pkt., $1.50 per oz., $5.00 per 14 lb. 
‘* Your EARLY SPRING CABBAGE ismore than | “TI think vt only just to tell you how pleased I am with your 
you claim for it. Ihad the prettiest little patch of cab- | EARLY SPRING CABBAGE. It ts all you claim for it, 
ae ; : ' z 3 bage I ever saw, all from one packet of seed. It is | especially in earliness. 
tage for this section, being early and flat. most compact, and not one was split. My wvfe calls it “T cut fine cabbages a week ahead of my neighbors. I 
st : GERATY & TOWLES. a little gem.” consider it the best Early Cabbage on the list.” 
Martin’s Point, S. O. DAVID ADAM, Cherry Hill, N. J. M. COLLINS, West Hoboken, N. J. 
“Your Early Spring 
Cabbage is all you claim, 
the very best very early 
cabbage I have planted in 
twenty years, every one head- 
ing fine, notwithstanding they 
were cut down with the late 
frost. All my customers say, 
‘bring me some more early 
spring cabbage.’ ” 
THOS. EGERTON. 
Galt, Ont., Sept. 6, ’95. 
“We have finished cutting the new 
Early Spring Cabbage, and must say that 
it is the earliest of all fat cabbages known 
to us. Ev plant made a perfect head 
and a good size, averaging thirty-two heads 
to the crate. We set this cabbage the same 
distance apart as the Early Summer. This 
was wrong, for it has very little foliage and 
can be grown as close as the Charleston Wake- 
field, i.e., about 13,500 plants to the acre. It 
will make one-third more of a crop and be just 
as early as the Wakefield. It has a double advan- 
