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Early Dutch Drumhead, or Early Dwarf Flat Dutch 

 Cabbage. — A short-stemmed variety very like the Large St. 

 John's Day Cabbage. It is not quite so early as that, and is 

 also sometimes brown on top. Both varieties are well suited for 

 market-garden culture, their heads being close and firm. 



Short-stemmed Brunswick Cabbage. — An excellent kind, very 

 distinct, and highly deserving of recommendation. Leaves and head 



Early Dutch Drumhead Cabbage Short-stemmed Brunswick Cabbage 



(iV natural size). (tV natural size). 



a fine clear green, far less glaucous than those of the Saint-Denis, 

 and with less of the gray tinge than those of the Hundredweight 

 Drumhead ; head thick and broad, very much depressed, and quite 

 flattened on the top ; outer leaves growing closely against the 

 under-part and sides of the head, which, from the shortness of the 

 stem, appears to be almost resting on the ground. The plant is 

 almost as early as the Saint-Denis Cabbage. 



The Large Late Flat Brunswick Cabbage, which has a longer 

 stem and a less flattened head, has not been much grown since 



the present kind, which is 

 superior to it in every re- 

 spect, became more generally 

 known. 



Schweinfurt Quintal 

 Drumhead Cabbage.— 

 This is the largest, if not the 

 most productive, of all the 

 Cabbages, and is, at the same 

 time, a very early kind. 

 When sown in April, it 

 may be cut at the end of 

 August or in September. 

 The head is remarkably 

 broad, frequently attaining a diameter of 20 in. and more ; it is, 

 like the outer leaves, a pale green, crossed with white veins, and 

 often tinged with brown or violet-red, rather soft and deficient 



Schweinfurt Quintal Drumhead Cabbage, 



