GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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of excellent quality. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; lb. 20cts.; 

 lb. 60 cts. 



Swiss Chard, or Sea Kale Beet. The midribs are 

 stewed like asparagus. It is an excellent vegetable, not as 

 well known as it should be. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts. ; lb. 

 30 cts. 



CABBAGE. (Kopf-Kohl.) 



For cabbages the ground must be highly manured, deeply 

 dug or ploughed, and thoroughly worked to insure good, 

 full-sized heads. A heavy, moist and fresh loam is the most 

 suitable. The early sorts are sometimes sown earl^' in 

 autumn, and protected in cold frames through the winter 

 and transplanted early in the spring; but more generally at 

 the North they are sown very early in the spring in hot- 

 beds, or later in the open ground. In the mild climate of the 

 Southern States, where they will stand the winter, they are 

 planted out in the fall. For early use, sow about February 

 15th in hot-bed or greenhouse, covering the seed about one- 

 half an inch deep; the plants will be large enough to trans- 

 plant by March 10th; then put them into cold frames three 

 and one-half inches apart each way. As soon as they get a 

 good start remove the glass part of the day, in order to harden 

 them for the open ground, and continue increasing the time, 

 until by about April 10th the glass should be entirely remov- 

 ed, and about April 20th the plants are ready to be trans- 

 planted out-doors. For late crop sow from the middle of 

 March to middle of April. It is important that the plants 

 should stand thinly in the seed-bed, or they will run up weak 

 and slender, and be likely to make long stumps. If they 

 come up too thick, prick them out into beds four to six inches 

 apart, which will cause them to grow low and stocky. Treat-- 

 ed in this manner, the plants will form lateral roots ; and 

 they can be removed, with the earth attached, on a moist day, 

 without checking their growth. When the weather is hot 

 and dry the roots of the plants may be dipped in a puddle of 

 loam and water. 



To preserve cabbages during the winter, pull them on a 

 dry day and turn them over on the heads a few hours to 

 drain. " Set them out in a cool cellar, or bury them in the 

 open ground with the heads downward, in long trenches, in 

 a dry situation. In the Middle States bury the stump and 

 part of the head in the open ground, and place over them a 

 light covering of straw and boards in severe weather. 

 One ounce produces 3,000 plants. 



Extra Early Express. The earliest of all varieties; four 

 or five days earlier than the Wakefield, and resembles the 

 Etampes in form; heads very solid and conical in shape and 

 of a yellowish green color. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 



Early Queen. The earliest flat head variety ; no other 

 flat head variety approaches it within a week; heads hard 

 and flat; stem short, few outside leaves; average weight four 

 pounds. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 



Early French Oxheart. A very early and tender variety ; 

 quality excellent; heads of a medium size. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 

 20 cts.; 1^ lb. 60 cts. 



Early Flat Dutch. An evcellent second early variety, 

 producing fine large heads with few and small outer leaves; 

 heads very solid and broad, and has the ability to resist 

 great heat. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Extra Early Jersey Wakefield. 



Extra Early Jersey Wakefield. Certainly deserving of 

 its great popularity, and is grown for market more exten- 

 sively than any other early cabbage. It heads up remark- 

 ably hard and solid; the heads are pyramidal in shape 

 generally pointed at the end, having few outside leaves; the 

 plants can be close together; the heads are of excellent 

 quality and of good size. Pkt.octs.; oz.30cts.; J^lb.OOcts. 



Large Jersey Wakefield. This is a selection from Early 

 Jersey Wakefield, ten days later than that popular early va- 

 riety; grows somewhat rounder in shape and fully twice as 

 large, often averaging fifteen to eighteen pounds per head ; 

 it produces heads as hard and solid as the Winnigstadt; being 

 as large and as sure a header as that sort, and yet exceeding 

 it in earliness, it is preferred to it by many growers. Pkt. 

 5 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; 34 lb. 90 cts. 



Early Peerless. New and very desirable; partakes a 

 good deal of the character of the Early Summer, but grows 

 more uniformly; is a trifle earlier, and has all the other 

 good qualities of that variety; has given great satisfaction 

 the past season. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 30 cts. ; lb 90 cts. 



Henderson*s Early Summer. 



Henderson's Early Summer. The standard for second 

 early; large, solid, rounded, flat heads of excellent quality ; 

 it averages about double the size of the Wakefield, and is 

 only eight to ten days later; its outer leaves are compact, 



