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jKX To market gardeners generally no vegetable is of greater importance than the cabbage ; and to many growers 



(^^^ the success or failure of this crop means gain or loss for the year. It does not pay, therefore, to take any risks in 

 buying seed. Much of the seed commonly sold has not had the great care necessary iti growing to make it 

 reliable. Our Cabbage Seed is the very best procurable, raised only from the centre shoots and from carefully selected solid 

 heads. Our crops are all personallyinspected with untiring care and watchfulness. As a standing evidence of its quality 

 we need only say that we annually supply hundreds of tlie best market gardeners about Philadelphia, New York, Chicago 

 and other large cities of the Union. 



Early and Summer Varieties. 



One ounce of seed will sow a bed of about forty square 

 feet and produce about two thousand plants. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' EAKLIEST. Tlie Money 

 Growers^ Cabbage. (See Photographic Specialties, page 

 6.) Pkt. lOc: oz.,40c.; J^ lb., $1.25 ; lb., $4.00. 



PHOTO. OF JOHNSON & STOKES WONDERFUL CABBAGE. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' WONDEKFUL. Where ex- 

 treme earliness is the most important point, we recommend 

 this variety. It is ready for market or table in .seventy-five 

 to eighty days from sowing the see<i, coming in a few days 

 ahead of our Johnson & Stokes' Earliest, but does not, 

 of course, form quite so large or solid a head. It has few 

 loose outer leaves, and will produce a larger crop than any 

 other variety, from the fact that it can readily be planted as 

 close as fifteen to si.xteen inches apart each way, or about 

 15,000 to the acre. Pkt.,10c.; oz.,40c.; }i\h.,$l.2o; lb., S4.00. 



EXTRA EARLY EXPRESS. A new French cabbage, 

 resembling the well-known Etampes cabbage, but a few days 

 earlier and a little lighter in color. It comes off almost as 

 euly as our Johnson & Stokes' Earliest Cabbage, but 

 does not form so large or solid a head. Do not be deceived 

 into buying these French cabbages as the earliest and best, 

 as after three years' comparative trials, each variety planted 

 alongside, we find them some days behind our 'Wonderful 

 and Earliest, which are thoroughbred American varieties, 

 and form both larger and harder heads. Pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; 

 14 lb, 60c.; lb., $2.00. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' MARKET GARDENERS' 

 CABBAGE, No. 3. The earliest and most compact of all 

 large cabbages. (See Specialties, page 7.) Pkt., 15c.; oz., 

 50c.; 14 lb., $1.25; lb., ?4.50. 



VERY EARLY ETAMPES. This variety comes origi- 

 nally from France. It ripens a week later than John- 

 son & Stokes' Earliest, coming in a few days ahead of 

 Wakefield, which previous to the introduction of .Johnson 

 & .Stokes' Earliest, was considered the earliest of all. It 

 forms a good, liard, pointed head, with a very short stem, 

 growing close to the ground. Pkt., 5e.; oz., 20e.; % ">., 60c.; 

 lb., $2.00. 



EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. {Exira Selected 

 Slock.) While this sort is not so early as Johnson & Stokes' 

 Earliest and New Wonderful, it will be found to be the 

 very best conical headed sort to come in immediately after 

 thein. Unfortunately the great demand for this sort has 

 brought upon the market large quantities of coarse and in- 

 ferior stock, which has tended to diminish the popularity of 

 the sort; but when pure home-grown stock, such as we 

 offer, is used, it cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction. Lead- 

 ing market gardeners around Philadelphia, New York, Boston 

 and elsewhere pronoimee our strain "tlie very best tliey 

 can get." Pkt., lOc; oz., .30c.; M lb., 85c.; lb., $3.00. 



NE\Y LARGE, or CHARllESTON WAKEFIELD. 

 We were the first to introduce this now popular market 

 cabbage. It is about five days later than Early Jersey 

 Wakefield. The heads are fullj- one-half larger and quite 

 solid. It is very compact in growth, and can easily be 

 planted in rows two feet apart and twenty inches in the 

 rows. One great advantage is, it does not burst open when 

 ripe, like many other early sorts and consequently can be 

 left standing on the ground a long while without injury, 

 until a favorable opportunitv for cutting. Pkt., lOc; oz., 30c.; 

 14 lb.. 8.5c.; lb., $3.00. 



Early Drumhead. A second early, large, solid Ireadingf 

 variety. Pkt., 5c.; oz.,20c.; H lb., 65c.; lb., $2.25. 



Early Dwarf Flat Dutch. A standard second early 

 market variety. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c.; 1^ lb., 65c.; lb., $2.25. 



HENDERSON'S SUCCESSION. Attention was first 

 called to this new cabbage by Mr. Van Siclen, of Long Island 

 who originated the well-known Early Summer Cabbage. It 

 was first offered for sale four years since by our friends, Peter 

 Henderson & Co., and has given satisfaction wherever 

 planted. It follows ten days after Early Summer, with 

 larger and lieavier heads, and is very valuable for mid- 

 summer use. It grows so compactly that notwithstanding 

 its large size, it can readilv be planted almost as close as 

 Early Summer. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25a; ]4 lb., 75c.; lb., $2.75. 



PHOTOGRAPH OF HENDERSONS EARLY SUMMER. 



HENDERSON'S EARLY StUVIMEK. This popular 

 sort is ten days later than the Early Jersey Wakefield but 

 much larger in size and will stand on the ground much 

 longer without bursting open. In this respect, it is much 

 superior to Fottler's Brunswick. While the heads are much 

 larger than the Early Jersey Wakefield, its \ery compact 

 habit enables it to be planted almost as close. The head.s are 

 very hard and .solid throughout and of fine uniform shape, as 

 shown in our photograph above. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c.; jklb., 

 75c.; lb. $2.50. 



