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typical pointed head of the Jersey Wakefield, the heads were 

 more rounded. It was a most unsatisfactory strain, and yet 

 it was bought from one of the most reliable seed houses in 

 the United States. The dotted lines at the right represent 

 the total cutting for the season. These results are from six 

 or seven crops of cabbage. You will note how the Jersey 

 Wakefield varies. 



The next earliest variety that most of us are familiar with 

 is the Charleston Wakefield. You will note that the variation 

 is not quite so great as with Jersey Wakefield. The total 

 yields varied considerably, but not quite so much as the Jer- 

 sey Wakefield. That is what. I want to bring out, that varie- 



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ties of cabbage, early and late, vary greatly in their yielding 

 qualities. 



Notice what happened with Early Spring (see chart). 

 Suppose you wanted to reach the market early with a flat 

 cabbage, as large a variety as possible, and that you bought 

 strain No. 6. Suppose your neighbor across the fence had 

 bought strain No. 18. The seed might have been bought from 

 two houses in the same city. You would have a wheelbar- 

 row load to market and your neighbor a big wagon load. 



The differences with Danish Ball Head are not quite so great 

 as with Jersey Wakefield, yet you will note that the strains 

 varied greatly. With our limestone soil, we do not grow 

 much Ball Head cabbage. Our Hagerstown clay loam is a 

 good hay soil, but it is unsatisfactory for cabbage. 



