CABBAGE 



STOKES 



CROWDJC SINCE 1»7S 



SEEDS 



One ounce of seed 

 produces about 5,000 plants 



We take great pride in the eight strains of Cabbage offered in this catalogue. In all modesty, we beheve 

 they will favorably compare with the stocks from any other source, for they are all the result of the most 

 advanced growing methods. There is a vast amount of very poor Cabbage seed offered at the present time. 

 What the good grower wants is Cabbage heads and not Cabbage leaves. He wants either earliness or tonnage 

 per acre. The descriptions have been made up with great care and are as precise in their information as we 

 can make them. By reading them carefully, any good Cabbage grower can decide which varieties are best 

 for his particular situation. 



These are in no sense ordinary stocks of Cabbage that we are offering, and we urge our customers not 

 merely to glance at the varietal name and price and pass on, for our seed is of exceptional merit, such as 

 cannot be produced for the usual commercial prices. Reports received from customers make us confident 

 that the policy of supplying only the very best strains so far developed is the best in the long run. Cabbage 

 will not always bring $5 per barrel, as it did this past season, for ordinarily it is a highly competitive crop. 

 For this reason, we cannot too strongly urge our customers to plant the very best strains available, and, 

 as far as possible, thus step out of your severe competition. Next to tomatoes, we consider Cabbage our 

 most important single item. 



The Golden Acre 



SUPER-STANDARD 



Days to maturity, 95. This variety matures ten 

 days earlier than our strain of Copenhagen Market, 

 which type it resembles. The heads average 2% 

 pounds, the size most desired by the consumer, and, 

 if desired, the weight per head can be increased by 

 broader spacing and higher fertilization. On the 

 other hand. Golden Acre normally can be planted 

 12 to 14 inches apart in the row, so that more heads 

 per acre can be grown than of Copenhagen Market. 

 However, it has a smaller stalk and more compact 

 leaf-growth, and is also slightly smoother and of 

 lighter-green color. The stock we offer comes 

 directly from the originator's fields and is in no 

 way comparable to some so-called stocks of Golden 

 Acre which can be offered at a much cheaper price. 

 Again, we would point out that the factor of earliness 

 in a spring Cabbage crop is usually the most im- 

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

 y4lb. $2.50; lb. $10. 



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Early Jersey Wakefield 



SUPER-STANDARD 



Days to maturity, 90. We claim for this strain 

 that it is the earliest, and perhaps the truest, stock 

 of Wakefield so far developed. It will mature heads 

 fully a week in advance of the average stocks of 

 Wakefield, and every Cabbage grower knows the 

 value of such performance. One customer ne'ar 

 Piqua, Ohio, reported that his entire crop was 

 developed, cut, and marketed before his neighbors 

 began to cut their Wakefield. Another customer 

 from Attleboro, Mass., reported this stock to be as 

 near perfect as any strain he had ever seen, his 

 entire crop being true to the perfect type. The 

 heads will average 1 % pounds each. Even at $8 per 

 pound, this strain costs the planter only 25 cents 

 per acre more than ordinary seed. It is a fact that 

 the pointed types of Cabbage are sweeter and more 

 tender than the rounded heads. Price, delivered: 

 Pkt.25c.;oz. 50c.; 



V4lb. $2; lb. $8; ^ ' " \^ 

 5 lbs. or more, ^ , 



$7.50 per lb. 



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Early 



Jersey 



Wakefield 



*Our Cabbage seed has been subjected to a chemical treatment to eliminate surface-borne disease. This also greatly 

 stimulates germination and subsequent plant growth. We would warn against the use of infected soil in the seed bed. 



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