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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL, 



Improved Danish Ballhead Cabbage. 



This variety is also sold under the name of the 

 Hollander, German Export and Dutch Winter. The 

 fame of this sort has become world wide, and today 

 stands without a peer, as the hardest heading cab- 

 bage, longest keeping qualities, and great weight 

 for its size. This variety has been selected and 

 perfected for more than fifty years by the Danish 

 gardeners. 



In Denmark and Holland it is grown almost ex- 

 clusively for winter cabbage, and they anually ex- 

 port large quanties to other countries. This is the 

 variety offered in this coimtry, as Holland cabbage, 

 in spring. It will stand long journeys and keep 

 far into the spring, the heads are of medium size, 

 : are veri- solid and deep, and of a fine white color, 



~^'^^^;i^^^s.-?=i^ , . . - - making them entirely different from any other 



strain, and they keep better than any other sort, the heads being just as solid and perfect when taken 

 up in the spring as when they were put away in the fall. 



Quality fine, being tender and crisp, with but little waste heart. This will do best if planted a week 

 or ten days earlier than our common drumhead sorts, and on deep, hea^y loam, and liberally manured land. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., M lb. 60 cts., lb. ^2.00. 



World-Beater Cabbage. 



The Largest Cabbage and the 

 Hardiest Heading Cabbage 

 in Cultivation. 



The World-Beater, or Autumn King, is uni- 

 formly true to type, and sure to head hard— 

 "solid as a rock." The large, broad heads 

 are very thick through, slightly rounded at 

 the top; fine grained and tender— more so 

 than any other large cabbage. Stalk short, 

 foliage compact, dark green, with a pur- 

 plish-brown tinge. It is a rapid grower, and 

 while it will well repay good treatment, yet 

 it docs not require special culture to develop 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 14 lb. (50 cts. 



World=Beater Cabbage. 



LUPTON CABBAGE. 



This new variety originated on Long Island 

 with a large cabbage seed grower. It is cer- 

 tainly a very fine strain, and worthy of ex- 

 tended trial. 



It has demonstrated itself to be the truest 

 to tjTDe, most regular in growth, not only in 

 small tests trials, but in fi-ld trials embracing 

 every known variety of cabbage. Its growth 

 is particulariy strong ai.d vigorous; its color 

 a dark, bluish green. In point of maturity 

 it is about a week in advance of the various 

 strains of the Late Flat Dutch. It matures 

 verj' evenly, is reliable and uniform about 

 heading, is an excellent keeper, and for all 

 purposes of the farmer or market gardener, 

 we believe it will be found one of the best 

 late main crop cabbages. Per pkt. 5 cts.. 

 oz. 15 cts., % lb. 50 cts., lb. $1.75. 



