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HOW TO GROW 



Above is the description of The Express Cab- 

 bage as sent out in France last year by the intro- 

 ducers of The Etampes Cabbage, now so justly pop- 

 ular. We imported the seed for trial and gratui- 

 tous distribution among growers in various States. 

 The reports received from the sample packets thus 

 distributed have, with but few exceptions, been 

 very favorable, and we are convinced that The 

 Express is at least a week earlier than any other early 

 cabbage. 



EARLIEST ETAMPES. 



Since first distri- 

 buted, eight years 

 ago, The Etampes 

 has steadily 

 gained in pop- 

 ularity, until it is 

 now acknowledged 

 the earliest variety 

 in cultivation, ex- 

 cept the new Ex- 

 press. The heads 

 are oblong, rounded at the top, very solid and firm; 

 while it seldom fails to head, under unfavorable 

 circumstances, the heads are not apt to be so solid 

 as the Jersey Wakefield. The heads are of medium 

 size, and of very fine quality. This is identically 

 the same cabbage catalogued by some seed dealers 

 as " EARLIEST," with their names attached. 



EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. 



Many experienced market gardeners consider 

 this the very best " First Early Cabbage" It is cer- 



EXTRA EARLY ETAMPES CABBAGE. 



