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HOW TO GROW 



The late cabbage crop is, upon the whole, very 

 easily managed, and it is not only desirable to 

 have a good supply of sure-heading, good-keeping 

 varieties for one's own family use during the 

 winter and early spring, but in many localities 

 and seasons it will prove a very good paying crop 

 to grow on a large scale for market. It affords 

 me particular pleasure, in this connection, to call 

 attention to the superior value of the "Danish 

 Ball-Head," and a quite new variety, the " Mata- 

 dor," which in my trial grounds, embracing 

 upward of a score of the most popular American 

 and European varieties, distinguish themselves 

 in a striking degree by their wonderfully solid 

 character, every plant having headed, and the 

 heads being so firm that they do not yield in the 

 least to a very hard pressure ; both are literally 

 " as hard as a stone " as it is possible for a cab- 

 bage-head to be, and no other cabbage at present 

 known will, I think, be able to compete with them 

 for keeping quality, none are better fitted for ship- 

 ping long distances, and none have a milder, 

 sweeter or richer taste. The " Matador " combines 

 with these excellent qualities a very large size. 

 The weight of the heads in proportion to their 

 dimensions is astonishing. A representative 

 plant will be sent to Messrs. Burpee & Co., who 

 may then judge for themselves. If shipping cab- 

 bages South from the Northern States in America 

 will pay at all, then it will certainly be a lucrative 

 enterprise to grow varieties like the two just men- 



