5TOKES 



CROWING SINCE IS?9 



5EEDS 



Two Superb Stocks of Danish Ballhead 



We offered, last year, Reed Bros.' strain, grown by practical New York State Cabbage-growers who for fourteen 

 years have produced an average of 223^2 tons per acre. This year we are offering, in addition, Penn State Ballhead, 

 a stock developed by Dr. C. E. Myers of the Department of Plant Breeding, Pennsylvania State College. We 

 consider both strains very superior from every point of view. It is a fact that better results seem to be obtained with 

 the Ballhead types in the more northernly districts, such as Central Pennsylvania, New York, and New England. 

 We have seen almost total failures of the variety in some parts of New Jersey, which indicates that it thrives best 

 in a more rigorous climate. 



Penn State Ballhead 



SUPER-STANDARD 



Days to maturity, 130. According to the records 

 at Pennsylvania State College, this variety has proved 

 even better than the splendid Reed Bros.' strain. The 

 two stocks have been developed very much along 

 parallel lines, and each is offered herewith with every 

 confidence that it will turn out a most successful crop. 

 The recent experimental plots of this strain have shown 

 it to be of very superior caliber. Th^it Dr. Myers has 

 accomplished a real triumph with his new strain will be 

 very apparent to any cabbage grower who tries his 

 strain. If you grow Ballhead, be sure to plant at 

 least a part of your acreage to Penn State. Price, 

 delivered: Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. 65 cts.; V^lh. $2.50; lb. $10. 



Pocono Mountain Savoy 



SUPER-STANDARD 



Days to maturity, 125. We consider this to be one 

 of the finest strains of curled Cabbage so far developed. 



Pocono Mountain Savoy will prove 

 a real hard-headed sort, satisfac- 

 tory for storage late into the 

 winter. The heavily curled, dark 

 green heads, which are uni- 

 formly well-formed and solid, 

 will give this Cabbage first 

 consideration on any mar- 

 ket. The photograph in 

 natural colors below is a 

 fair sample of the type. 

 ^ Price, delivered: Pkt. 25 

 cts.; oz. 65 cts.; VJb. 

 $2.50; lb. $10. 



Reed Bros/ Ballhead 



SUPER-STANDARD 



Days to maturity, 130. The secret of the increased 

 tonnage of this strain lies in the selection for hard, tight 

 heads which weigh one-third more than ordinary heads 

 of equal size. It has unusual keeping qualities, due 

 partly to an unusual lap-over of the leaf, a very de- 

 sirable feature for late storage, when, ordinarily, 

 trimming is necessary. The head is very compact 

 and for this reason the plants may be set in rows 

 3 feet apart and 21 inches apart in the row (7,500 

 plants per acre). This will produce a head of from 4 

 to 6 pounds, which, for winter Cabbage, is the usual 

 market requirement. For larger heads, set farther 

 apart. Price, delivered: Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. 65 cts.; 

 y4lb. $2.50; lb. $10. 



Note on Cabbage Yellows 



This disease is making greater inroads toward the Middle 

 Atlantic States. It is very serious in Wisconsin. So far we are 

 not prepared to recommend any of the Yellows Resistant 

 stocks to our eastern customers for the reason that all of those 

 so far produced are nc!: equal in quality, productiveness, or 

 uniformity with the strains offered here^ 

 with. By a three or four -year crop 

 rotation, we find that cabbage Yel 



lows, in districts where the disease ||ii|iit.j||miii|r| ..iiani ,.p~ %, 

 is not deeply intrenched, will almost J^^mSV^^mLimXmS'^S-^. 

 eliminate the difTicuhy. It is the 

 repeated plantings of Cabbage 

 on the same field, year after 

 year, that causes the spread o" 

 the disease. In cases where the 

 disease is very severe, we, of 

 course, would recommend 

 planting only the Yellows 

 Resistant strains which can 



be secured from a number *^ » "ijhmwwmbk 



of sources in the Middle / '^■^^m'^ ^^a^^L>Mi il l lilL W*''*l^^H^r * -^^Si-* 

 West, including . * 

 Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, Chicago, 

 Ills., which car- 

 ries very reliable 

 stocks. 



Pocono 



Mountain 



Savoy 



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