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121 Improved Brunswick 
A Sure Header, Planted Early or Late 
A short stemmed round flat headed cabbage, which has 
become very popular in all sections. The plants are of dwarf 
and compact but strong growth, with only few outer leaves, 
which are smooth or slightly waved. Many people who 
only grow one variety of cabbage prefer The Improved Bruns- 
wick to any other, as it is most excellent planted early or late. 
It is always a reliable header, maturing in 105 days and with 
ordinary cultivation will readily weigh 20 to 80 pounds. In 
quality it is most desirable, while there is no question it is one 
of the largest heading Drumhead varieties of cabbage. 
Very desirable on account of its close, solid and firm large 
heads which makes excellent slaws or krout and a good 
winter keeper. The plants which are short stemmed with 
. few outer leaves adapts itself to any soil and location. You 
will make no mistake in planting Improved Brunswick at 
any season of the year in your garden. Excellent home or 
market sort. ; 
Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 20 cemts; ounce, 35 cents; 
quarter pound, $1.00, pound, $3.50; 5 pounds, $15.00, postpaid. 
135 Lhe Houser—Latest Cabbage of Them All 
This excellent cabbage is in very wide favor, and thousands of our friends testify 
to its value. It is at least two weeks later than any strain of the Late Flat Dutch 
type. In solidity it is almost as hard as the renowned Danish Ball Head. It is 
very compact in habit of growth, the leaves closely surrounding and overlap- 
ping the head. The shape and appearance are shown in the illustration. 
In size the Houser cabbage will average about 12 pounds at maturity, and the 
The shape is round and deep, as indicated; and 
when a head cracks or bursts it isalways at the stem end, which does not destroy 
heads are uniformly handsome. 
its use for market. 
In quality the Houser cabbage equals the best, being very free from the coarse 
ribs found in most latesorts. In fact we would say that the Houser cabbage is very 
well bred, and in the eareful trials and comparative tests on our grounds, it has 
shown up excellently with all other late sorts. It is a strong, vigorous grower, 
with ability to withstand drought better than most varieties. 
Its true merit is shown by the demand for it. It behaves well in the field and 
sells well in the market, and adapts itself to various conditions of soil and climate. 
Its keeping qualities, in winter storage, are perfect. It is because the Houser is 
so extremely late and is such an excellent keeper that it has attained such wide pop- 
ularity. Owing to the scarcity of seed we can offer in packets and ounces only. 
Packet, 20 cents; 3 packets, 50 cents; half ounce, $1.00; ounce, $1.75, postpaid. 
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133 Maule’s 
Prize Drumhead 
Large, Solid Heads on Short Stems 
Sureness in heading and regularity in growth 
have placed this variety high in the list, and we 
have no fear of using words of praise too high for 
its merits. It forms very large, hard, solid, flat- 
tened heads, uniform in shape and color, and of 
handsomeappearance. It has avery short stem, 
and is a compact grower. Shortness of stem is so 
characteristic as to be associated with the very 
best strains of this cabbage, and the stock which 
we offer is thoroughbred in this and all other 
respects. This cabbage, like Prize Flat Dutch, has 
so long been an established standard that certain 
peculiarities have been bred into it, and have be- 
come so firmly fixed as to be necessary features 
of growth. It is as natural for this cabbage to 
form a head as to form leaves, and reports of 99 
marketable heads from 100 plants are of frequent 
occurrence. Nobody will be disappointed in our 
strain of Short Stemmed Drumbead, for it far 
surpasses the old-fashioned strains of the same 
name, with heads of deeper and better shape 
maturing in 120 days. It‘is a standard sort for 
winter keeping or kraut making, and sells read- 
ily in the winter and spring markets. 



Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 20 cents; 









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ounce, 35 cents; quarter pound, $1.00; 
pound, $3.50; 5 pounds, $15.00, postpaid. 
