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GOOD SEED 



Here is a newer variety, the Volga. You will notice that 

 it runs fairly uniform as compared with the Wakefield type. 

 Strain No. 4 produced at the rate of eighteen tons to the acre, 

 and here is a strain that produced at the rate of twenty-five. 

 The Volga cabbage is a much better producer in limestone 

 soils than the Danish Ball Head. 



The Enkhuisen Glory and Copenhagen Market also do well 

 in limestone soils. 



How Can We Get Good Seed? 



Now the question naturally arises, how can we get good 

 seed? I imagine I hear someone say, ''I knew long ago that 



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these differences exist. You have not told us an}i:hing new,'' 

 and I realize the truthfulness of this assertion. I have a 

 feeling today, and it is very strong, that I cannot tell you any- 

 thing new about getting good seeds, and yet I believe the 

 most of us could obtain and plant better seed than we are now 

 using. 



There are various ways of obtaining seed. One method is 

 to order from a house, regardless of its reputation. Or we 

 can make up our mind that a certain house is reliable ; we be- 



