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Planted last year by 20,000 of the best gardeners in America, who all unanimously endorse it as the Beau Ideal Cabbage. 
EVER before has the opportunity been given a single seedsman to introduce in one year three such sterling novelties as the Lupton Cabbage, 
MclIver’s Sugar Melon, and the Irish Daisy Potato; nor has it been the fortune for a seedsman to introduce in one year three varieties that 
gave such unbounded satisfaction. Every day last fall I was constantly in receipt of heads of Lupton Cabbage, in competition for the $250.00 
in cash prizes, that were the admiration of every visitor ; So many large, solid, magnificent heads of cabbage it never having been my fortune or 
that of any of my visitors tosee. As to the superiority of this wonderful Cabbage, I cannot do better than quote from last year’s ¢ 
atalogue: 
DURING the last ten years, I have, without any exaggeration, tested | broad and well-filled out to their juncture with stem, showing no dis- 
at least 300 different varieties of large late cabbage, every one of | position to the petioled form. The stem was short, but strong under 
which was claimed by the originator to be something superior to any- | the head, tapering sharply to the point of entering the ground. The 
thing offered. The result, however, of all these trials has been fully | head wasa perfect specimen, thick and flat, the outer leaves covering 
demonstrated in my catalogue each year by the high endorsement I | it well across the centre, and while it was large, it had attained size 
have always given Surehead, for never until the last year or two have I| without the attendant features of coarseness, which is quite common 
found a cabbage that would anywheres near approach it. After | among allour main crop cabbages, and comes of too strong develop 
nineteen years time, however, I am particularly proud of the fact that I} ment of the veins and ribs. Here certainly was a very desirable cab- 
am able to introduce to my friends and the American gardening public | bage, and the question at once arose, can these good features be perpet- 
generally a thoroughbred late cabbage that will in every way sur- uated in future generations, and thereby become valuable? With the 
= pass every sort heretofore grown. Thoroughbred is the very best word | feeling that it was at least worth the effort, we laid this cabbage care 
®& to use in describing the NEw LUPTON CABBAGE. It has demonstrated | fully to one side, and the following summer we grew the seed from this 
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itself to be the truest to type, most regular in growth, etc., not only in | single plant, taking care that it should be at a sufficient distance from 
small test trials, but in field trials embracing every known variety of| all others so as to make hybridization an impossibility. Frem this 
@ cabbage. Mr. Lup- seed we made a sec- 
ston, the introducer ond selection, this 
& of this Cabbage, is time taking four 
® probably the largest perfect specimens, 
® individual producer and growing the seed 
< of cabbage seed in as before; this seed 
= the world. For years was again planted, 
» he has devoted him- and from it was se 
self entirely to this cured a field of as 
business, and annu- fine cabbage as the 
ally puts in thou- most critical garden- 
sands of acres on the er would care to look 
eastern end of Long upon. In this field, 
Island, which he which is the third 
grows on contract generation from the 
for the largest houses original plant, we 
in the American feel that our object 
seed trade. His rep- has been secured, 
utation for reliabil- and that hereafter 
ity and trustworthi- the stock will re- 
ness has never been quire only such care 
questioned, and dur- and attention as all 
ing our acquaint- stocks require to 
ance of nearly fifteen : \ Y Hl | g : g Z YY ECA make them especial- 
years, during which \ c& WWW W KK A Z J} iG \ DNYGEA ly desirable to the 
time he has grown \ Z E= farming and garden- 
for me thousands ing world. Every 
and thousands of ractical seedsman 
pounds of cabbage snows that the 
seed, I have never in strong growing late 
all this time received or main crop cab- 
a serious complaint bages have never 
from any seed he has been bred to that 
ever sent me, and perfection of type 
such is the general which we have at- 
verdict of other tained in the second 
seedsmen for whom early or intermedi- 
he grows cabbage ate sorts. In other 
seed. With such a words, the tendency 
record, I think Mr. to sport or develop 
Lupton should know undesirable types is 
exactly what good more persistent in 
cabbage is, and he the cabbages of the 
thinks this new cab- strongest growth. In 
this new cabbage we 
feel that we have se- 
cured the perfection 
of type and reliabil- 
ity of heading which 
are the most desir- 
able features of all 
cabbages, and with- 
out the sacrifice of 
the strong constitu- 
tion which insures 
Vigorous growth and 
enables the plant to 
resist unfavorable 
and this one fact ze : conditions. In point 
should beasufficient - of maturity it is 
recommendation for every market gardener to give the New Lupton a| about a week in advance of the various strains of Late Flat Dutch. It 
trial. In describing this new variety, I can do no better than quote ver- | matures very evenly, is reliable and uniform about heading, is an ex- 
batim from Mr. Lupton’s description, which gives the history and the | cellent keeper, and for all purposes of the farmer or market gardener, 
good points of his new cabbage. | we believe it will be found the best late main crop cabbage.” 
“Tn the fall of 1888, while rogueing a field of Excelsior Flat Dutch, I | "(HOSE of my friends who planted Freeman Potatoes in the first years 
noticed a fully developed cabbage which especially attracted my atten- of its introduction made many thousand per cent. return. Those of 
tion, because of its possession of so many desirable features which our | my market gardener friends who planted Prizetaker Onion six or seven 
experience has taught us are very hard of attainment. In point of ma-| years ago have been making money raising these onions five years or 
turity this plant was several days in advance of any we were ableto| more before their competitors knew anything about the onion. The 
find in the same field, while it showed no diminution in size. Its growth | same argument will hold good as to the Lupton Cabbage. Plant the 
was particularly strong and vigorous; its color, a dark bluish green, in- | Lupton this year, and be three or four years ahead of your friends in 
dicated robust constitution and healthy development. The leaves were | having the best cabbage ever put out in America. 
Packet, 15 cts.; half-ounce, 30 cts.; ounce, 50 cts.; quarter-Ib., $1.50; lb., $5.00. 
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Address ail orders to WM. 
UARANTEED SEEDS. 
bage so good, that 
S not only has _ he giy- 
en me the privilege 
of introducing, but 
he has also given 
me the privilege 
of naming it after 
“ himself. Now, cer- 
tainly Mr. Lupton 
could not afford to 
have his name at- 
tached to any cab- 
bage that was not 
exceptionally good, 
Clover 
Du rin the last two years I have offered cash prizes on LUPTON CABBAGE. I shall continue to do so this season, 
> and will pay October 15th, ’96, $75.00 for the best and most perfect head sent me by one of my customers; 
50.00 for the second best, and $25.00 for the third best. Last year the money was all awarded in one special prize, 
ut this year I have decided to spread it out in three prizes iustead of one. 
No better late cabbage than the Lupton can be found anywhere. In addition to having the finest cabbage you have ever 
seen, every customer stands an equal chance of securing one of these three prizes. So I trust you will not only enter the 
competition yourselves, but will tell your friends and neighbors about this, the most excellent of a!l cabbages. Lupron and 
SUREHEAD make a pair that no other seedsman in this or any other country can equal in the way of late cabbage. 
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