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CABBAGE 



thousand. The crop may be grown in rotation with farm crops, or 

 not. It may be potatoes, it may be cabbage, it may be any vegetable. 

 The work of these two divisions is somewhat different. One man 

 supphes a certain amount of cabbage or a certain kind. The other 

 suppUes a different kind to his market. 



Cabbage has been classed into seven groups. These theoretically 

 are correct. It is correct to say the first group embraces cabbage 

 rather pointed, as the Early Jersey Wakefield or Charleston Wake- 

 field. The second is Flat Dutch, greater in breadth than length. 

 In the third class is Savoy. This may be of the type of the latter or 

 the former, but generally is between these, and the leaves are wrink- 

 led. This is a delicate cabbage. Fourth, Red Dutch. As far as I 

 see, this is not different in form from Flat Dutch. Fifth, Danish Ball 

 Head, which is supposed to be quite rounding, but as grown here is 

 rounded with a rather slanting base, and a solid type of head. Sixth, 

 Alpha group, including the St. Johnsday, a very small cabbage, 

 earlier than the Early Jersey Wakefield, and rather rounding in 

 type. It is one that twenty years ago was used a great deal in 

 England and on the continent. Seventh, Volga, grown somewhat 

 more in certain sections, but as I see the Volga, it could very readily 

 fall into one of the other types. The Volga I have raised has been of 

 the Flat Dutch type. 



For all practical purposes, these seven groups may fall into three 

 classes. Of these three classes, I will name, first, a cabbage greater 

 from base to top than in width. That would embrace Early Jersey 

 Wakefield, Charleston Wakefield, and cabbages of like nature. 

 The second is wider than it is deep, which is typified by Flat Dutch, 

 Succession, All Seasons, and many of like type. Last would be the 

 storage type with solid round head. For practical purposes, these 

 are the only three types we grow. The Savoy would fit into the first 

 or second group. The others would fit into one or the other, leaving 

 out differences of color and variations in leaf construction. 



SEED QUESTIONS 



The next question is the source of seed. I have some interesting 

 figures which give relative value of cabbage seed of some varieties 

 from various sources. I would like to discuss them. 



In a test, thirty-one strains of Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage, 

 the weight of heads ranged from .95 to 1.72 pounds. This would be 

 rather a small cabbage. In Early Jersey Wakefield this is very 



