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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



We have a few very small samples of celery seed from Vilmorin. 

 It goes under the name "plein blanc dore," which is equivalent to our 

 Golden Self -blanching. If some members will take an interest in 

 this, we will try to arrange for delivery of some of that seed for 19 Im- 

 planting. 



(After discussion members present agreed to take four and one- 

 quarter pounds for trial in 1914 or in 1913 if possible.) 



CABBAGE SEED 



President White : I would like to ask if there was any corres- 

 pondence relating to cabbage seed. 



Mr. Work: I am in correspondence with a man in this state 

 who is working along that line. I haven't heard from him lately, 

 and don't know how far he has gone. I think that is a mighty im- 

 portant line, and if we could get good sources of Danish Ball Head 

 and Charleston Wakefield, it would be of value. 



A Member : I would like to know if anyone could suggest a good 

 early market cabbage? 



A Member: Copenhagen Market. 



A Member: This is fully as early as Charleston Wakefield. 



Mr. Work: Those who are interested in cabbage seed ought to 

 get Pennsjdvania Bulletin 119. It has some very enlightening 

 figures as to strains. 



Mr. Cook: We grew about four acres of the Glory and three of 

 the Copenhagen Market. It v\^as a very satisfactory cabbage, head- 

 ing up hard. We planted it out as soon as the ground could be 

 worked, and our object was to make a summer crop of cabbage. 

 We sold our cabbage at ten to twelve dollars a ton, harvesting along 

 in the summer. 



President White: What was the average weight.^ 



Mr. Cook : I think they weighed from three to five or six pounds. 

 They headed up good and hard, and very few of them broke down. 



Mr. Work: For purposes of comparison, it would not be out 

 of place to say that the Copenhagen is practically an early Danish 

 Ball Head. 



