MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1899 



NEW EARLY SPRING CABBAGE. 



This fine new cabbage represents an early 

 type of great value. It has all the merits of 

 Early Summer, but matures in advance of 

 that well known variety. In fact, it is ready 

 to cut as soon as Jersey Waliefield. It is a flat 

 cabbage with the quick maturing ability of a 

 pointed cabbage. 



Single heads of Early Spring often attain a 

 weight of 5 pounds; but on the average they 

 axe about four-flfths the si^e of Early Sum- 

 zner, and have very few outside leaves. The 

 Mtroducer says the plants may be set as 

 Closely as 21 inches, or 13,500 to the acre. The 

 growth is very uniform, the head being round 

 and slightl.v flattened. The stem is short, and 

 extends but a little way into the head. 



The whole plant is finely bred in every way, 

 tbe head being nearly all edible. The leaves 

 present no coarse features. The head is 

 formed while the plant is still comparatively 

 young, long before reaching maturity, and 

 the head grows in size and hardness as the 

 plant attains strength. 



The flavor is very good, and Early Spring 

 ciabbage is equally adapted to private gardens 

 and to market. It will outweigh Jersey 

 Wakefield fully a fifth, head for head, which 

 ig a very important matter in commercial 

 gardening, and would be significant where 

 cabbage is grown by the acre. I consider 

 Early Spring a highly valuable addition to 

 my list. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 







NEW RED POLISH SHORT STEf MED 



One packet of each 

 ol these 3 Cabbages 

 tor 25 cents. 



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NEW EARLY SPRING CABBAGE. 



NEW RED POLISH SHORT STEMMED CABBAGE. 



This new red cabbage is very hardy. The heads are of a dark red color, and are extremely ft' 

 firm and heavy. The stem is short, and there are but few outer leaves. The quality of the cab- fc 

 bage is excellent, and I feel able to recommend it highly. The outside leaves are somewhat 

 crumpled at the edges, and have a tendency toward a compact form of growth, making it pos- ^1 

 sible to set the plants closer in the row than in case of some other really smaller red cabbages E 

 having more spreading leaves. This promising red cabbage should have wide trial, as it possesses E 



points of evident superiority. 



THE LUPTON CABBAGE. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; % pound, $1.00; pound, 83.00, 



THE LUPTON CABBAGE. '} 



Out of tbe hundreds of new cabbages which have come forward with superlative claims of late ^' 

 crop excellence during recent years, and which have had critical comparative tests in my trial S 

 ground.s, the Lupton is the only one which is a true rival of my great Surehead strain. ti 



Lupton has some of the best traits of Surehead, with the size and * 

 general shape of Maule's Prize Flat Dutch; but is several days ear- a 

 liei than the latter sort. Its growth is particularly strong and vig- ti 

 orous. Its coloi is a dark bluish green, indicating robust constitu- g 

 tion and health\ development. The leaves are broad, and well g 

 filled out to their juncture with the stem. The stem is short, and >i 

 IS bioad under the head, but tapers almost to a point where it en- g 

 ttis the giound. The head is thick and flat with the outer leaves ^ 

 covering it well across the centre. It is very large, " 

 solid, and of the most excellent quality and fla- g 

 \or, without any features of coarseness, the veins 

 and ribs being well developed, but not prominent. 

 As a cropper and profitable market sort the 

 Lupton Is absolutely unexcelled by any late cab- 

 bage on the market. On this point I am positive. 

 In the Lupton cabbage will be found the perfec- 

 tion of type and reliability of heading, which are 

 the most desirable features of all cabbages, to- 

 gether with a strong constitution, insuring vigor- 

 ous growth and perfect heading, even under ad- 

 verse conditions. 



Lupton matures about a week in advance of the 

 various strains of Late Flat Dutch, is an excellent 

 keeper, and for all purposes of the farmer and 

 gardener is the best main crop cabbage now on 

 the market, its nearest rival being Surehead. i 



The Lupton cabbage began its career in 1888, on j 

 the eastern end of Long Island, in an extensive g 

 cabbage growing district. The originator, whose • 

 name the cabbage bears, grows much cabbage J 

 seed to my order, being especially favored with a J 

 fertile soil and a cool, moist climate. In the h 

 autumn of 18>^8 a single specimen of a new strain ^ 

 of cabbage was found growing as a sport in a «. 

 field of Late Flat Dutch. Blr. Lupton, whose long J 

 experience qualifies him to act as an expert j 

 ludge, at once recognized a prize in the new sort, , 

 and proceeded to propagate it, and to fix the type j 

 by a process of careful and repeated selection, f 

 and thus the Lupton cabbage had its origin. -J 



I was given the privilege of associating the '"11 

 name of the originator with the new strain, a t 

 privilege which Mr. Lupton would never have j 

 granted except in case of a strain in which he had | 

 the utmost confidence. Mr. Lupton's early judg- « 

 ment and my subsequent opinion of this greats 

 cabbage have been fully justified by time and ex- « 

 perience, and I can say that it deserves equally • 

 with Surehead, the celebrated descriptive phrase, i 

 "all head and always sure to head." ►, 



I recommend it to the public with great and un- r 

 reserved confidence, for it is unquestionably en- « 

 titled to a place of highest esteem among large t 

 late cabbages. The Lupton must be accepted as a ' 

 leader among leaders. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, ? 

 30 cents; ]4 pound, gl.OO; pound, 83.00. > 



