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CULTURE.—The cabbage is a gross feeder, and well repays heavy manuring and high 
EF rl ba culture. It succeeds best on weli drained soil. The plants are started in frame or seed 8 
yY e bed, and afterward transplanted. Seed for early cabbages may be started in autumn in a ue 
cold frame, or in early spring in a hot bed. For main crop, summer and autumn cab- 
bage, the seed should be sowed in a rich border in the open air, in May or June. Sow shal- 
low; 1 ounce of seed for 4,000 plants; 8 to 4 ounces for an acre. Set the plants 
2 Pon apart each way. Give frequent and clean cultivation. 
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ARLIEST EXPRESS.—I first introduced this cabbage in 1887, and the 
events of the past sixteen years prove that it came to stay. It still holds 
the place as the earliest cabbage in cultivation, as it has frequently pro- 
duced tair sized, marketable heads in 70 days from the sowing of the seed. It 
is a few days earlier than the justly celebrated Earliest Eitampes, 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 head. Like Etampes, it holds its head 
admirably. It can be planted close, and yields a large crop. The 
tem 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 
Early. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents;14 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.25, 

















































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EARLIEST EXPRESS. 
MAULE’S PRIZE WAKEFIELD.—This cabbage, under various / 
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 thesame. The main difficulty 
has been to get a perfectly satisfactory and reliable strain of seed, 
and failure in this respect has caused many disappointments. Buy- 
ers will find in Maule’s Prize Wakefield the genuine article. I grow 
the seed on Long Island, in soil and climate perfectly suited to the 
purity and vigor of the choice Wakefield stock, and gardeners may {%, Wi 
be assured of its good character. The headof the Wakefield is larger ‘y, 4 
than Etampes and nearly as early. It has few outer leaves, and in \% 
compactness and regularity my strain cannot be surpassed. It fre- 
quently matures inside of 100 days from the seed. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 35 cents; 14 pound $1.00; pound, $3.50. 
f Full cultural directions are printed : 
f Tes on every packet of Maule’s Seeds. “a ; 
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 Early. It forms a fine, hard, pointed head,of extra / 
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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 
every way one of the most desirabie 
early cabbages ever introduced. The 
seed may be sown under glass in 4 
March and set out in time to produce 
marketable heads of cabbage by the 
first of June. The growth of Earliest 
Etampes in popular favor has been 
such that it must now be recognized — 
2A as one of the best standard sorts 

Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 
l4/pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.00. 
{ MAULE’S WINNINGSTADT. — 
This is another old and famous type ; 
of early cabbage, well known to the whole horticultural public, and as -n the case of Wake- 
field the main difficulty is to get a strain of seed representing the highest grade of excellence 
of the type. Such a strain will be found in Maule’s Winningstadt. It is almost as early as pa 
Wakefield. The heads are slightly larger, of the 
proper cone-shaped form, and of best quality. It + 
is a Sure header, even where other sorts may fail, 4 
and seems to be less liable to the attack of the 
cabbage worm than many other varieties. On ac- 
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 
Américan market. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 
cevts; 44 pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.00. 
ALL HEAD EARLY.—A comparatively new 
~ flat 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 
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Good quality and tenderness are marked features. Tenderness in a cabbage is mainly the re- 
\ sult of rapid growth, and as this is quicker in heading than any other flat cabbage, it is conse- 
Qi quently more tender and delicate. The veins and mid-ribs are finer than in other flat head kinds. ¢ 
>a It is suitable for growth in spring and early summer, or for use as a winter sort. Seed sown in 
\ 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 3 feet # 
i w 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, 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; 14 pound, 60 cts.; pound, $2.00. 5 
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