T^ LUPTON. 



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THE GREATEST CABBAGE 



EVER OFFERED? 



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THE AMERICAN CABBAGE GROWER. 



Planted by over 50,000 of the best gardeners in America, who all unanimously endorse it as the Beau Ideal Cabbage. 



During the last ten years, I have, without any exaggeration, tested 

 at least 300 difi'ereut varieties of large, late cabbage, every one of 

 ■which was claimed by the originator to be something superior to any- 

 thing oflfered. The result, however, of all these trials has been fully 

 demonstrated in my catalogue each year by the high endorsement I 

 have always given Surehead, for not until the advent of Lupton did 1 

 And a cabbage that would anywheres near approach it. After twenty 

 one years, however, 1 am particularly proud of the fact that 1 am able 

 to Introduce to my 

 friends and the 

 American gardening 

 public generally a 

 thoroughbred late 

 cabbage that will in 

 every way surpass 

 every sort heretofore 

 grown. Thorough- 

 bred is the very best 

 •word to use in de- 

 scribing the New 

 LiUPTON Oarbagb. It 

 has demonstrated it- 

 Belf to be the truest 

 to type, most regu- 

 lar in growth, etc., 

 not only in small 

 test trials, but in 

 field trials embrac- 

 ing every known 

 variety of cabbage. 

 Mr. Lupton, the In- 

 troducer of this Cab- 

 bage, is probably the 

 largest individual 

 producer of cabbage 

 seed In the world. 

 For years he has de- 

 voted himself entire- 

 ly to this business, 

 and annually puts in 

 thousands of acres 

 on the eastern end of 

 Long Island, which 

 be grows on contract 

 for the largest houses 

 in the American seed 

 trade. His reputa- 

 tion for reliability 

 and trustworthiness 

 has never been ques- 

 tioned, and during 

 our acquaintance of 

 nearly fifteen years, 

 during which time 

 he has grown for me 

 thousands and thou- 

 sands of pounds of 

 cabbage seed, I have 

 never in all this time 

 received a serious 

 complaint from any 

 iseed ne has ever sent 

 nae, and such is the 

 general verdict of 

 •other seedsmen for 

 whom he grows cab- 

 bage seed. With such 



turity this plant was several days in advance of any we were able to S 

 And in the same field, while it showed no diminution in size. Its growth S 

 was particularly strong and vigorous ; its color a dark bluish green in- •■ 

 dicated robust constitution and healthy development. The leaves were '^ 

 broad and well-flUed out to their juncture with stem, showing no dis- ^ 

 position to the petioled form. The stem was short, but strong under » 

 the head, tapering sharply to the pomt of entering the ground. The © 

 head was a perfect specimen, thick and flat, the outer leaves covering « 



it well across the cen- S 

 ter, and while it was ° 

 large, it had attained ? 

 size without the at- '' 

 tendant features of S 

 coarseness, which is c 

 quite common OB 

 among all our main e 

 crop cabbages, and "* 

 comes of too strong g 

 development of the * 

 veins and ribs. Here g 

 certainly was a very r 

 desirable cabbage, .:• 

 and the question at 

 once arose, can these . 

 good features be per- g 

 petuated 1 n future t 

 generations, and iL 

 thepeby become val- 2 

 uable? With the feel- ^ 

 ing that it was at least ^ 

 won' the effort, we « 

 laid this cabbage S 

 carefully to one side, a 

 and the following '* 

 summer we grew the ffl 

 seed from this single e! 

 plant, taking care !► 

 that it should be at a {8 

 BUfKcient distance > 

 from all-others so as 4 

 to make hybridiza- >5 

 tlon an impossibill- H 

 ty. From this seed H 

 we made a second 

 selection, this time „ 



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taking four perfect 

 specimens, and grow- S 

 ing the seed as before, g 

 this seed was again § 

 planted, and from it • 

 was secured a field of 

 as fine cabbage as ► 

 the most critical §• 

 gardener would care J 

 to look upon. In « 

 this field, which Is S 

 the third generation « 

 from the original S 

 plant, we feel that © 

 our object has been t 

 secured, and that * 

 hereafter the stock ii 

 will require only " 

 such care and atten- J 

 tion as all stocks re- ^ 

 quire to make them ^ 

 especially desirable 



a record, I think Mr. Lupton should know exactly what good cabbage 1 to the farming and gardening world. Every practical seedsman knows 



is, and he thinks this new cabbage so good, that not only has he given 

 me the privilege of introducing, but he has also given me the pi Ivl- 

 .lege of naming It after himself. Now, certainly Mr. Lupton could 

 not afford to have his name attached toany cabbage that was not excep- 

 tionally good, and this one fact should be a sufficient recommendation 

 for every market gardener, to give the New Lupton a trial. In describ- 

 ing this new variety, I can do no better than quote verbatim from Mr. 

 Lupton's description, which gives the history of his new cabbage. 

 WHAT MR. LUPTON HAS TO SAY: 

 "In the fall of 18«8, while rogueing a field of Excelsior Flat Dutch, I 

 noticed a fully developed cabbage which especially attracted my atten- 

 tion, because of its possession of so inany desirable features which our 

 experience has taught us are very hard of attainment. In point of ma^ 



that the strong growing Late or main crop cabbages have never been X 

 bred to that perfection of type which we have attained in the second ^ 

 early or intermediate sorts. In other words the tendency to sport or sj 

 develop undesirable types is more persistent in the cabbages of the Jj 

 strongest growi,h. In this new cabbage we feel that we have secured the ^ 

 perfection of type and reliability of heading which are the most desirable ^ 

 features of all cabbages, and without the sacrifice of the strong consti- S 

 tution which insures vigorous growth and enables the plant to resist j* 

 unfavorable conditions. In point of maturity it is about a week in O 

 advance of the various strains of Late Flat Dutch. It matures very f] 

 evenly. Is reliable and uniform about heading, is an excellent keeper, « 

 and for all purposes of the farmer or market gardener, we believe It i^ 

 will be found the best late main crop cabbage." ^ 



PaeKET, 10 CENTS; OUNCE, 30 CENTS; QUHRTER POUND, $1.00; POUND, $3.00. 



Danish 



Ball Head. 



DHNISH BHLL HERD eHBBAGE. 



Genuine Headquarters Stock Direct From the introducer. 



This excellent variety comes from Denmark where for a number of years it has been planted 

 by the Danish market gardeners as their main crop cabbage for winter as well as for export. 

 When this cabbage was first brought to my notice several years ago I proceeded to give it a com- 

 parative test on my trial grounds. I recognized at once Its superior qualities and consequently 

 listed it in my catalogue with a deserving notice. Somehow it did not take with my customers 

 during the two years I first offered it so I stopped listing It. Just as soon as I left It out of my 

 catalogue, however, those who had planted it in the two years I had listed it, wrote me sajs^lng It 

 was one of the best varieties they had ever planted, and wished more seed. This demand from 

 my old customers was to so great an extent that I decided to list It again, and take pleasure in 

 offering seed grown by the originator. It is a large, round, solid heading medium early variety ; 

 a very sure header, having few loose leaves, consequently can be grown very close together. 

 Although a medium early, can also be grown for a Fall and Winter crop, being one of the best 

 keepers. Very popular in the Philadelphia, New York and Boston markets, where it always 

 meets with ready sales. I only have the one strain that is the True Danish Ball Head from 

 Denmark the original, headquarters stock which I offer at the following prlcei : 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; quarter pound. 7S cents; pound $2.50. 



