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EARLY AND MEDIUM GABBAGES. 
ARLY SPRING.— 
j A first early cabbage 
heat wiih all the merits of 
| Eariy Sammer; ready 
to cut as soon as Jersey 
| Wakefield; a flat cab- 
j}bage maturing as 
|quickly as a pointed 
cabbage. Early Spring 
cabbage often attainsa 
| weight of 5 pounds, and 
averages a fifth larger ¢ 
than Wakefield.Piants 
|may be set 21 inches 
apart in the row, or 
13,500 plants to the acre. 
|Growth is uniform; 
head round, slightly 
flattened. Stem short, 
extending but a little 
way into the head. The 
= | plant is finely bred,the 
7 leaves resenting no 
L/ MAULE’S EARLY FLAT DUTCH. coarse fentanea. Flavor 
MAULE’S EARLY FLAT DUTCH.—An old | very good. Adapted to 
sort, but of unabated popularity. An excellent | family garden or mar- 
second early cabbage, producing large, solid | ket. A very valuable 
heads of uniform shape, flattened on top as|addition to my list. 
shown in the illustration, and always making a | ee 10 cts.; 02., 30 cts.; SSS 
handsome appearance. Fully developed heads | 42%" $1.00; 1b., $3.00. EARLY SPRING. 
frequently measure 10 to 12 inches across and | ARLY SUMMER.—This valuable cabbage matures ten days or two weeks after Early Jer- 
weigh 12 to 15 pounds each. It also is fine | sey Wakefield, with heads of uniformly round, flattened form, as shown in the illustration- 
grained and ofdainty tlavor. It succeeds every- | The heads are very compact and solid, and of double the weight of Early Jersey Wakefield. It 
where, but seems particularly suited to the | is one of the best of the large, early cabbages, and is exceedingly valuable for the market gar- 
Soufh, as it has strong heat resisting qualities. | dener, as it has short outer leaves, adapting it for close planting. It may be grown at the 
(, 9 cts.; 0Z., 25 cts.; 4 lb., 75 cts.; lb., $2.25. | rate of 11,000 to 12,000 to the acre, and is a sure and satisfactory cropper. I offer strictly first- 
ULE’S MIDSUMMER.— (See specialties. ) | class Long Island grown seed. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 14 pound, $1.00; pound, $5.09. 
UMMER BALL HEAD.— (See specialties.) IMPROVED BRUNSWICK. Short Stemmed.—Also sold under the name of Fottler’s 
pug Early Drumhead. A very fine summer or early fall variety; the earliest of 
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all the large, hard heading varieties of Drumhead cabbage. It is of dwarf, 
compact growth, the flat head resting almost directly on the soil. The 
outer leaves grow closely about the head. The foliage is light bluish green 
in color. The heads although flat are quite thick, and uniformly solid. It 
is a very reliable header, and under good cultivation will attain a weight 
of 15 to 20 pounds. In quality the Improved Brunswick is altogether desir- 
able, and many people who grow only one sort prefer it to all other varie- 
ties. I take great pride in my strain of Short Stemmed Brunswick cabbage. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; 44 pound, $1.00; pound, $3.00. ‘ 
A TEN STRIKE. 
Thanks to an in- 
creased acreage. Al- 
though my crops of 
some varieties ran 
shomteel) can) offer 
onion growers this 
season the finest grade 
of seed in America 
at prices worthy of 
their careful consid- 
eration. See pages 
22, 61, 62 and 63. 
EARLY SUMMER 
F-cHARLESTON WAKEFIELD. 
An Improved and Larger Form of Jersey 
Wakefield. True Type. 
The Early Jersey Wakefield, with its little 
‘pointed heads, held the leading place among 
early cabbages for several decades, out of sheer 
merit; and it is still in favor with many market 
gardeners. It has the serious shortcomings of 
being small in sizeand light in weight, but isso 
reliably early and so genuinely good that noth- 
ing can wholly supersede it or drive it out of 
the markets. 
The Charleston Wakefield is an improved and 
larger form of Early Jersey Wakefield. It re- 
quires rather more time to reach maturity, but 
it yields fully twice the crop of the original 
Wakefield cabbage. It is about a week or 10 days 
| later than its parent, and comes along as a close 
succession to the earliest cabbage crop. It isa 
strain which cannot be profitably overlooked by 
| any gardener, whether it is intended for a pri- 
hb vate garden or to besent to market, All the mar- 
ket gardeners near the great HKastern cities plant 
Charleston Wakefield for second early cabbage, 
and there is no better second early sort. It has 
a less pointed head than its ancestor. 
It is all important to get the true strain of 
} seed, as there has unquestionably been much 
, Spurious stock sold under the name of Charles- 
ton Wakefield, resulting in disappointment and 
loss to the grower. I have the best selected 
strain in the world, and can recommend it to all. 
Charleston Wakefield is a good keeper and 
may be planted as a second crop, to mature in 
, the autumn, if desired. It is a first rate shipper, 
pand in high favor with everybody who knows 
? it. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; 4% pound, 
4 $1.00; pound, $8.50. 
