i 6 Reallu Good Early CaMages. 





EARLIEST 

 ETAflPES. 



Pkt , lOcts. 



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EARJLIKST ETAMPES.— bcirliosi Ll m.nt^ has 

 fairly sprung into popular favor. Full ten days to two 

 weeks earlier tban any other variety, excepting New 

 Express, It forms fine, Iiard and solid pointed 

 heads of extra quality, much larger and finer than 

 the Early York. It has a short stem growing close to 

 the ground, and by reason of its few outer leaves, can be 

 planted much closer together than any other. It Is In 

 every way one of tbe most desirable extra early 

 Cabbages ever Introduced. Soivn in Marcb, It Is 

 frequently ready for use by the first of June. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.: oz., 20 cts.; % lb., 60 cts.; lb., $2.00. 



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MAULE'S AVI]VNINGST.\DT Is very early 



forming large, cone-shaped heads of excellent quality 

 and is very certain to head, as it will grow a solid head 

 in seasons when other sorts fail to produce anything. 

 On account of its very hard heads, it keeps well both 

 Winter and Summer. It seems to suffer less from Cab- 

 bage worms than any other sort. Market gardeners 

 and others desiring a choice strain of this popu- 

 lar Cabbage ought to sow 3Ianle's Seeds. Packet, 

 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; 14 lb., 50 cts.; lb., 31.50. 



IMPROVED BRUNSWICK, Short-Stemmed Many people 



who only grow one variety of Cabbage, prefer the Brunswick to any 

 other, as it Is most excellent, planted early or late. Always a reliable 

 header, and with ordinary cultivation, will readily weigh 20 to 30 lbs. 

 In quality it Is most desirable, while there is no question It Is the ear- 

 liest of all the large, hard-heading Drumhead varieties of Cabbage. I 

 have long taken pride in furnishing my customers with an extra strain 

 of .Short-Stemmed Brunswick Cabbage seed, and for this reason ray 

 prices are a little higher than for the ordinary strains of Brunswick 

 generally offered, but the seed Is weU Mrorth the difference. 

 Packet, 5 cts., ounce, 15 cts.; '4 lb., 50 cts.; lb., 81.50. 



MAULE'S PUlZt \\ AKi-FIELD.— There is no question that the Wakefield is 

 the best early Cabbage in America to-day, consequently it is not to be wondered at that 

 I should take particular pains in furnishing my customers with an extra choice straia 

 of seed of this variety. I feel perfectly safe in saying that I consider 1 have to-day the 

 Jinest and truest stock of Jersej' Wakefield in America. Neither pains, trouble nor ex- 

 pense have been spared in producing or selecting my seed of this variety, which I have 

 grown forme right at the fountain head of the Wakefield Cabbage— on Long Island. Tha 

 strain I offer is just the sort for market gardeners and all others who look for quality 

 first and then cost of seed afterwards. Forms an unusually large head; almost as early 

 as E)arliest Etampes, while for compactness and regularity of growth it cannot be sur- 

 passed. It has remarkably few outer leaves, and is always sure to mature fine, market- 

 able heads, fre- 

 quently in 100 

 days from plant- 

 ing. Market or 

 private garden- 

 ers cannot make 

 a mistake by 

 sowing Maule's 

 strain of this 

 J ustly celebrated, 

 popular and pro- 

 fitable market 

 variety. Pkt., 

 lOc; oz., 30c.; 'A 

 lb„ 81; lb., 8:3.00. 



A! I HPAPk PADI V My friend, Mr. Burpee, has this to say about All Head Early: "The 

 '»•-'*-' » * L^r\U L</-\Ivi-< I . claims made for this distinct new Cabbage are, first, earliness. 

 It is the earliest of all large Cabbages, being at least a week earlier than any of the various 

 strains of Early Summer Cabbage. Second, size. It is fully one-third larger than the 

 Eariy Summer Cabbage, and therefore much more profitable to the market garden- 

 er. Third, uniformity. The .\ll Head Early is unquestionably the nearest ap- 

 proach to a thoroughbred Cabbage of any variety yet introduced, both as 

 regards size and uniformity of development. .Selection, the nneans 

 employed to establish this variety, has been constantly made to 

 secure the largest early heads, with the fewest loose leaves. 

 The deep, flat heads are remarkably solid and uniform 

 in color, as well as in shape and size. Fourth, qual- 

 ity. The main feature of a good Cabbage Is ten- 

 derness, and in this respect it surpasses all 

 others. Tenderness is the result of rapid 

 growth, and as the All Head Early comes 

 in quicker than any of the other flat Cab- 

 bages, it is consequently more tender; 

 veins and mid-ribs of leaves are also finer 

 than those of any other variety. Fifth, 

 adaptation. While .\11 Head Early is all 

 that can be desired for earliness. it is also 

 valuable for a late or Winter Cabbage. 

 Seed sown in .luly and set out about the 

 middle of August, will bring heads, large 

 and solid, which are sure to winter well. 

 Sixth, yield. By reason of the compact 

 habit of its growth, and absence of loose 

 leaves, fully one thousand more heads can 

 be set to the acre than of most other va- 

 rieties. Set plants 18 in. apart in rows, 

 with 3 ft. between the rows; OBSO plants can 

 be set per acre, 95 per cent, of which, in an 

 ordinary season, will make good heads. 

 Pkt., 60.; oz., I6c.; \i lb., 50c.; 1 lb., 81-50. 



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