Clioice Ye getgLl3l e SeedL s- 



WM. C. BBCKERT. 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Cabbage Seeds of Best Quality. 



ABBAGE is one of the gardener's most important crops, the value of which depends as largely upon the quality of the 

 seed used, as upon soil, climate and culture. The early sorts of cabbage are sometimes sown in autumn, protected 

 with coldframes through the winter, and transplanted early in spring : but at the north they are usually sown early in 

 spring in hotbeds, and later in the open ground for main and late crops. In the mild climate of the southern states, 

 where the plants can endure the winter, they may be set out in rows in fall. Seed sown in hotbed or greenhouse about 

 February 15 will give plants large enough to transplant into hotbeds about March 10. Set them 3 or 4 inches apart 

 each way, and as soon as they become well established remove the glass for part of the day, to harden them for final 

 transplanting into the open ground, increasing the exposure dailv until April 10 or 20, when the final transplanting 

 may be made. Plants for this early crop need not stand farther apart than i x 2 feet, and early Radishes and Let- 

 tuce mav be sown between them if it is necessarv to economize space. For late crops, sow seed in April or May and 

 transplant in July, setting the plants in the ground up to the first leaf, and 2x3 feet apart. It is important that the 

 plants should not stand thick in the seed-bed, as this would induce weak, slender plants, with long stumps and small heads. If the trans- 

 plantmg must be aone on a dry, hot day, the roots should be " puddled "—kept in buckets of soil and water beside each planter— until they 

 are placed in the ground. 



To insure large, solid heads of Cabbage, the soil must be ploughed deep and made very rich, but preferably not with fresh manures. 

 The plants need thorough cultivation, and the insects which molest them should be kept in check with remedies which seem most efliica- 

 cious in the localit\'. Crops of Cabbage should not be grown for a number of years in the same ground on account of club-root. 



To keep Cabbase.s over winter, harvest them on a dry dav, turning the heads down for a few hours to drain. Store them in a cool 

 cellar, or bury them in trenches dug in some dry place in the open ground, heads downward. In the Middle states only the stumps and 



part of the heads need be buried, then covered lightly with straw, or 1 

 An ounce of seed will produce 3,000 plants. 



Y-^ietv I 

 y%\h. 90 1 



Early Dri(-inhead Cabbage. 



Doards in severe weather. 



'EXTRA EABLT JERSEY WAKEFIELD. The best early 

 variety of cabbage, and the one most extensively grown for home 

 and market. The heads are of medium size, pyramidal, pointed, 

 firm and solid, with few outside leaves ; they are very uniform m 

 shape, size and time of maturing, and are of good quality. The 

 vadetv fullv deserves its wide popularity, Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., 

 :ts.', lb. $3. 



JERSEY WAKEFIELD. A selection from the above, 

 and 10 days later, with heads rounder and twice as large, averag- 

 ing &-om 15 to 18 pounds per head. As compared with Winnig- 

 stadt, the plant is surer heading, earlier, with heads as large and 

 firmer. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., Klb. 90 cts., pk. 83. 

 lARLY QUEEN. A week earlier than any other flat-headed 

 ' 'lage. Heads flat and solid, with few outside leaves, averag- 

 4 pounds in weight: stems short. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., 

 Klb. 90 cts., pk. $3, 

 EARLY WINNIGSTADT or CONE. A 

 arietv, with firm, conical or " sugar- 

 loaf" heads' of fair size. It is something 

 like the Earlv Jersey Wakefield Cabbage 

 in the shape of the heads, but is smaller, 

 and not usuallv so reliable about heading- 

 up. It is one of the best summer Cab- 

 and, if sown late, good for fall. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., Klb. 75 cts. 

 A good succession in Cabbage is Extra Early 

 Jersey Wakefield for early, Early Summer for 

 medium, and Late Flat Dutch for late. 

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