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POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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Late Cabbages — Continued- 



JOHNSON & STOKES' HARD-HEADING SAVOY CABBAGE. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' HAKD-HEADING SAVOY. 



Tliis variety, the result of many years' careful selection, is 

 certainly the perfection in the Savoys. It is unquestionably 

 tlie best and most profitable strain to grow, being far supe- 

 rior to the ordinary Imported Drumhead Savoy, as generally 

 sold, the seed of which can be supplied at less than half the 

 price. The heads are large, very uniform, solid and hard, 

 of a deep green color. It is very curly and sure to head, 

 keeps well, and retains its color until very late in the season. 

 It is the bestof all for either market or the home table, owing 

 to its exceptionally fine quality, possessing the rich, sweet 

 flavor of the cauliflower when cooked. Pkt.,10c.; oz., 30e.; 

 jk lb., $1.00; lb., 83.00. 



NEW DIAMOND WINTER. In this cabbage we have 

 a strain entirely distinct from any other. It is a cross between 

 our celebrated Short Stem Drumhead and Danish Round 

 Winter. It grows very compact, the stem is .short, and it can 

 be planted closer together than any other late variety. The 

 heads will average from fifteen to eigliteen pounds in weight 

 alter they are trimmed for market; they grow very uniform 

 in size and shape. They are e.xtra hard and solid, somewhat 

 flattened on top, are always of the finest possible quality and 

 sure to liead. Pkt., lOc; oz., 30c.; I4 lb., 90c.; )b., S3.25. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' SHOKT-STEM DRUM- 

 HEAD. This improved variety far surpasses the old strain 

 of I^arge Late Drumhead Cabbage, ripening earlier, with very 

 short slock or stem, forming larger and thicker heads, of fine 

 quality and the best of keepers. Owing to our long-con- 

 tinued selection of the finest heading plants for seed for 

 several years past, this variety is remarkable for reliability 

 of heading ; every one who plants it can expect at least ninety- 

 eight large solid heads from every one hundred plants. Our 

 customers in all sections where many varieties fail to head, 

 will find the Short-Stem Drumhead a sure thing, and can 

 depend on big crops every time. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 35c.; 2oz., 

 60c.; K lb., 11.00; lb., S3.00. 



THE CAROLINA HARD HEADER. This distinct 

 late cabbage was originated in Buncombe County, North Caro- 

 lina, where it has had a great reputation, the seed frequently 

 being sold by local gardeners at the rate of 815.00 to 820.00 

 per pound. An old gardener, in describing this cabbage, 

 says : ' '/( heads 0.9 srire as the stm rises." It grows good-sized 

 heads, round, slightly flattened on the top, and very hard, 

 averaging fifteen to twenty-five pounds each. It has a very 

 short stoclc or stem, and is darker green in color than any 

 other cabbage of its class; earlier than the best strains of 

 Late Flat Dutch. While it is the most reliable hard-heading 

 cabbage for the South, we find it equally valuable for the 

 Middle States. Cabbage growers will make no mistake 

 in planting it largely, as it leaves nothing to be desired. 

 Pkt., 10c.; oz., 2.5c.; "4 lb., 7oc., lb., S2.50. 



GENOINE SUREHEAD. This popular cabbage is 

 rightly named Surehead. It never fails to make a remarka- 

 bly fine, solid, large head, with few outer leaves. It origin- 

 ated some years .since with a practical market gardener, by 

 crossing the Flat Dutch and Drumhead varieties, and has 

 always brought the highest price in our markets. It is a 

 strong, vigorous grower, ripening late for a main crop, and 

 very uniform in size and color. Our supply is grown from 

 the original seed, a)id nave better is to be had at any price. 

 Pkt.. 5c.; 0Z.2OC.; i^lh., 65c,; lb.,$2.2.T; 2 lbs., 84.00. 



PREMIUM FLAT DUTCH. This old variety is yet 

 largely grown for late or main crop, being a favorite winter 

 market variety. Heads very large, solid and broad, with flat 

 tops, of fine flavor and quality ; very short stems. Pkt., 5c.; 

 oz., 15c.; V^ lb., 45c.; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs. and over, by express, 

 81.35 per lb. 



LARGE LATE DRUMHEAD. A favorite winter 

 variety ; extra large, solid heads ; slightly later than the Flat 

 Dutch. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; ^ lb., 45c.; lb., 81.50, post-paid ; 

 r 'bs. and over, by express, $1 35 per lb. 



BRIDGEPORT DRUMHEAD. This is the standard 

 shipping cabbage around Chicago, where local growers have 

 paid as high as »20.00 per pound for tlie seed in seasons when 

 scarce, and will raise no other. It makes a large, even, firm, 

 round head, seldom rots or bursts, and is unquestionably one 

 of the finest shipping cabbages grown. Extra selected seed, 

 Pkt., Dc; oz.,20c.; 14 lb., 60c.; lb., $2.00. 



MAMMOTH ROCK RED. This is by far the best, 

 largest and surest heading red cabbage ever intioduced. 

 Tlie plant is large, with numerous spreading leaves. Tlie 

 head is large, round, very solid, and of deep red color inside 

 as. well as outside. Ninety-eight per cent, of the plants will 

 form extra fine heads. The best of the red cabbages. Pkl., 

 lOc: oz., 30c.; % lb., 80c.; lb., $2.75. 



Red Dutch Erfurt. Very early, of deep blood color; 

 head solid. Pkt., 5e.; oz., 20c.; J,4lb.,G0e.; lb., 12.00. 



MARVIN'S SAVOY. A strain of Drumhead Savoy 

 originated on Long Island, where it is very jiopular among 

 local gardeners. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c.; H 'h , 'Wc.; lb., $1.75. 



PERFECTION DRUMHEAD SAVOY. Grows large 

 heads, nearly round, tender, exiellent flavor. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 

 20c.; M lb., .5'Oc.; lb., $1.75. 



The following well-known Late Cabbages are each 5c. 

 per pkt; 15c. per oz.; 40c. per fi lb.; $1.50 per lb.: Greeu 

 Glazed, Filderkraut, Marbleheart Mammoth Drum- 

 head, Stone Mason, Green Curled Savoy. 



Cauliflo\A^er. 



GILT EDGE SNOWBAL,!, CAULIFLOWER. 



One ounce will produce about fifteen hundred plants and 

 SOW about forty square feet. 



JOHNSON Si STOKES' NEW EARLY ALABAS- 

 TER. Of American origin; the earliest, best and surest 

 heading variety yet introduced. ^See Specialties, page 3.) 

 Pkt., 25c.; 5pkts., $1.00; iioz.,$1.35; oz.,$o.OO; 34 lb., $16.00. 

 GILT EDGE EARLY SNOWBALL. (Seeillastration.) 

 The strain we have of this variety is without doubt the very 



best to be ftad. 

 Our Stock was 

 grown from the 

 very finest 

 ^ specimens, 

 . noted for their 

 *-^ earliness, dwarf 

 habit, large 

 / size, uniform 

 ^ I shape and com- 

 .. pact growth. 

 For forcing un- 

 der glass dur- 

 ing winter and 

 early spring, or 

 for planting 

 later in the 

 open ground, 

 no stock of 

 Snowball can 

 surpassit. Pkt., 

 25c.; 5i oz., 85c.; 

 5^ oz., 11.50; oz., 

 $3.00; }4 lb., 

 89.00. 



EXTRA SELECTED EXTRA EARLY DW^ARF 

 ERFURT. One of the earliest varieties ; small-leaved, 

 dwarf for forcing, producing very solid, pure white heads of 

 the finest quality; about fifteen inches high. Do not con- 

 found this variety with the cheaper Early Dwarf Erfurt. 

 Pkt., 20c.; >^oz.,81.50; oz.,$2.75; K lb-, $8.00. 



Extra Early Paris. A popular early white, sure head- 

 ing variety. Pkt., lOc; oz., 75c.; J-* lb., $2.25; lb., $7.50. 



Veitcii's Autumn Giant. Large, fine heads, AveM pro- 

 portioned. Pkt.,10c.; oz., 60c.; i^lb, 81.75; lb., $6..=J0. 



Algiers. One of the best sure heading late varieties. 

 Pkt., lOc; oz., 75c.; 14 lb., 82.50; lb., $9.00. 



Lenormand's Short Stem. Large late variety, with 

 well-formed white heads of extra qualitv and well protected 

 by leaves. Pkt., lOc; oz., 75c.; }4 lb., $2.00; lb., $7.50. 



What Market Gardeners Say. 



Johnson & Stokes' Market Gardeners' Cabbage No. 2. 



W. C. CuMMiNGS, Greenvale, Tenn., Sept. 10,1895, writes: 

 "Having grown your Johnson & Stokes' Market Gardeners' 

 Cabbage No. 2 for several years, I am competent to say that 

 it is the finest cabbage I ever raised in my life; now 1 

 cultivate no other kind than this. People go wild over my 

 cabbage patch and ask : ' where did you get your seed ? ' " 

 Johnson & Stokes' Earliest Cabbage. 



K. F^NDALL Smith, Marmora, N. J., Jan. 29, 1895, writes : 

 "Your seeds always give me the very best results. Your 

 Johnson & Stok es' Earliest Cabbage far excels a nything in the 

 early cabbage line I ever grew. Your Golden Self-Blanchinp; 

 and Perle le Grand Celery are also the best varieties in culti- 

 vation ; they stand at the very top." 



Johnson & 9tokes' Early Alabaster Cauliflower. 



"No other cauliflower ever grew so easily or such band- 

 some heads before." — R. & E. B. Ayler, Portsmouth, R.I. 



" Early Alabaster is the earliest and surest heading cauli- 

 flower I have ever grown." — P. Dilty, Sand Brook, N. J. 



