CULTURE.—The cabbage is a gross feeder, and well repays heavy manuring and high 
r= | rl a bba culture. It succeeds best on well drained soil. The plants are started in frame or seed 
L @ bed, and afterward transplanted. Seed for early cabbages may be started in autumn in a 
Ee eas cold frame, or in early spring in a hot bed. For main crop, summer and autumn cab- 
; : 3 = ANIN bage, the seed should be sowed in a rich border in the open air, in May or June. Sow shal- 
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‘ ~ SSS low; 1 ounce of seed for 4,000 plants; 3 to 4 ounces for an acre. Set the plants 
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244 to 34 feet apart each way. Give frequent and clean cultivation. 
/- EARLIEST EXPRESS.—I first intreduced this cabbage in 1887, and the | 
events of the past fourteen years prove that it came to stay. It still holds 
the place as the earliest cabbage in cultivation, as it has frequently pro- 
duced fair sized, marketable heads in 70 days from the sowing of the seed. It 
is a few days earlier than the justly celebrated Harliest Etampes, but does 
not form so large a head. Still, a cabbage capable of heading in from 70 to 
80 days is a wonderful variety, and a valuable addition to the list of 
profitable sorts. The quality is good, there are few loose leaves, and | 
almost every plant forms a nead. Like Etampes, it holds its head || 
admirably. It can be planted close, and yields a large crop. ‘The | 
item of earliness is a matter of dollars with many market gardeners, 
and I desire to emphasize the point that this is the earliest of the 
many early cabbages of the catalogues, excepting Maule’s First 
Harly. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents;14 pound, 60 cents: pound, $2.00, | 
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EARLIEST EXPRESS. 
MAULE’S PRIZE WAKEFIELD.—This cabbage, under various f 
names, has been for many years the leading early cabbage in Amer- / 
ica, and is unquestionably the best on the market. It was formerly 
the Early Jersey Wakefield, then the Improved Early Jersey Wake- 
field, then the Large Early Jersey Wakefield, etc. The parentage of 
all the strains of Wakefield cabbage is the same, and the type is one 
of the best ever put upon the early market. The main difficulty has 
been to get a perfectly satisfactory and reliable strain of Wakefield 
seed, and failure in this respect has caused many disappointments. 
Buyers will find in Maule’s Prize Wakefield, the genuine article, in 
its highest development. I grow the seed on Long Island, in soil and 
climate perfectly suited to the cabbage, under circumstances favor- £2, 
able to the purity and vigor of the choice Wakefield stock, and gar- 
deners may be assured of its good character. The head of the Wake- 
field is larger than Etampes and nearly as early. It has few outer 
leaves, and in compactness and regularity my strain cannot be sur- 
passed. It frequently matures inside of 100 days from the seed. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; 14 pound $1.00; pound, $3.50. 
EARLIEST ETAMPES.—This admirable early cabbage has come into very wide 
fame within a comparatively few years. It is ten days to two weeks earlier than any 
other excepting Express and First fiarly. It forms a fine, hard, pointed head, of extra 
quality. It has a short stem, and grows close to the ground/and by reason of haying so 
few outer or loose leaves the plants may be set 144 feet apart, in rows 2% feet apart, some- 
< times, even closer. With good soil 
and high culture almost every plant 
makes a head. The Etampes is in 
NN SN every way one of the most desirable 
ne , early cabbages ever introduced. The 
j 3 seed may be sown under glass in % 
Wp Sa) PFA March and set out in time to produce 
- Z marketable heads of cabbage by the 
firstof June. The growth of Earliest 
Etampes in popular favor has been 
» Such that it must now be recognized 
Z,as one of the best standard sorts 
ZA either for home or market gardens. 
=] Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 
Yypound, 75 cents; pound, $2.00. 
We MAULE’S WINNINGSTADT. — - 
This is another old and famous type ; : 
of early cabbage, well known to the whole horticultural public, and as in the case of Wake- 
‘NS field the main difficulty is to get a strain of seed representing the highest grade of excellence 
i: YOEZ AWS of the type. Sucha strain will be found in Maule’s Winningstadt. It is almost as early as 
= ally W ~\ sis Wakefield. The heads are slightly larger, of the 
f NN LO SAV) proper cone-shaped form, and of best quality. It 
is a Sure header, even where other sorts may fail, 
and seems to be less liable to the attack of the 
cabbage worm than many other varieties. Onac- 
count of its very hard heads it keeps well both in 
= Winter and summer. It is sometimes planted in 
\ autumn, because of its excellence and quick ma- 
turing qualities. Market and private gardeners 
can confidently rely upon the strain of Winning- 
stadt to which I have been willing to lend my 
name, for it is equal to the very best upon the 
American market. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 
cents; 14 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50. 
AALL HEAD EARLY.—A comparatively new 
at head cabbage, of distinct characteristics, now 
widely planted. It has proved itself to be adapt- 
able to a wide range of both soil and climate, and 
is now worthy of recognition as a standard 
American sort. Nothing better of its kind is 
within the reach of cultivators. It is a money 
maker for gardeners. It is the earliest of large 
cabbages, being at least a week in advance of any 
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es of the strains of Early Summer. In size it is one- © 
third larger than Early Summer. The deep, flat heads are remarkably uniform in shape, size and 4 
— color. The introducer called it a “thoroughbred,” and I believe it is fully deserving of the name. 5 
= Good quality and tenderness are marked features. Tenderness in a cabbage is mainly the re- ay 
July, and the plants set in August, will produce good heads for wintering. The compact habit of ¢ 
growth of All Head Early cabbage, renders close planting feasible. The introducer named 8 feet u 
= by 14% feet as proper planting distances. This allows for over 9,500 plants per acre, of which 95 * 
ALL HEAD EARLY. per cent. should produce heads. Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 30 cts.; 14 pound, $1.00; pound, $3.00. i 
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