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Premium Late Flat Dutch Cabbage.— A tall-stemmed 

 variety, rather quicker to head than the Late Flat Dutch 

 Cabbage, the leaves large and glaucous ; head big, flattened, full 

 and solid, something like that of the Saint-Denis Large Cabbage. 



Houseman Late Flat Dutch Cabbage.— A hardy, big variety, 

 with large rounded entire leaves curling backwards, the head big, 

 round, compact, and the stem rather long. 



Acme Late Flat Dutch Cabbage.— Differs from Houseman's 

 Late Flat Cabbage only in having the outer leaves of more ample 

 size and thinner texture. 



Select Late Flat Dutch Cabbage.— Mid-way, as regards 

 characteristics, between the Houseman Late Flat Dutch Cabbage 

 and the Acme Late Flat Dutch Cabbage. 



Stonemason, or Warren's Stonemason, Cabbage.— A distinct 

 short-stemmed variety, with comparatively few leaves, and these 

 rounded, entire, ample, stout, not much undulating and very 

 glaucous ; the head big, almost round and compact. 



Sure-head Cabbage. — A late variety of the Late Flat Dutch 

 Cabbage type ; rather long in stem, the head of average size, compact 

 and regular ; outer leaves not numerous, glaucous and waving. 



Louisville Drumhead Cabbage. — A vigorous late variety, the 

 leaves long and entire, smooth, spreading, and thin in texture ; the 

 head at times more deep than broad. It is much grown in the 

 southern States, where it seems less susceptible to drought than 

 most other varieties. 



Premium Late Drumhead, or Large Late Drumhead^ 

 Cabbage. — A big-sized, very late variety, shorter in the stem than 

 the Premium Late Flat Dutch Cabbage, with many leaves ample 

 in size, spread out, dark green, mostly undulated and waving at the 

 edges ; the head very big, compact, rounded, and keeping well. 



Autumn King, or World Beater, Cabbage. — A distinct very 

 late variety, the leaves not many, thick, rounded, waving, very 

 glaucous, and violet-coloured ; stem short ; head thick, very large,, 

 round and compact. 



Bridgeport Drumhead Cabbage. — A sub-variety of the Late 

 Drumhead Cabbage, very late, glaucous, with stout white ribs, and 

 firm, round, compact head. 



Marble-head Mammoth Cabbage. — One of the largest varieties 

 grown, and of considerable weight. It is very late, rather long- 

 stemmed, the head rather open, resembling that of the Hundred- 

 weight Drumhead Cabbage. The leaves numerous, glaucous, and 

 curling outwards, the ribbing very marked. 



Luxembourg, or Hard-heading, Cabbage.— A very late, 

 hardy, short-stemmed variety, with leaves glaucous and rounded,, 

 and head of middle size, firm, and coloured beneath with violet-^ 

 red like the Vaugirard Winter Cabbage. Keeps long. 



