LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



Extra Early Jersey Wakefield. 



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 early 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 transplant by 

 March 10th, then put them into cold 

 frames three and one-half inches 



Beckerfs Medium Flat Dutch. 



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 

 ground, and continue increasing the time, until by about April 

 10th the glass should be entirely removed, and about April 

 20th the plants are ready to be transplanted out-doors. For 

 late crop sow from the middle of March to middle of 



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It is important that the plants should stand thinly in the sefd early; 

 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. Treated in this manner, the plants 

 win form lateral roots, and they can be removed, with the 

 €arth 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^^g^^, Drumhead. Heads large, set very low on the stump ; 

 ^^}^^\l^^^\^\^''(>o^'^^^}^T'^^^^^iy^^^^ and solid: an excellent second earlv. Packet 5c. 



with the heads downward, m long trenches, m 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 coverini 

 straw and boards in severe weather. 



B^One ounce will produce 3,000 plants. 



If by mail add postage at rate of 8c per pound. 



■•*=Bxtra 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 y^lowish green color. Packet oc, ounce 30c. 



^ Early Queen. The earliest fiat head variety, no other flat 

 head variety approaches it within a week. Heads hard and 

 flat, "stem short, few outside leaves, average weight four 

 podnds. Packet 10c, ounce 50c. 



^Extra Early Jersey Wakefield. Certainly deserving of 

 its great popularity, and is grown for market more extensively 

 than any other early cabbage. It heads up remarkably hard 

 and solid; the heads are pyramidal in shape, generally 

 pointed at the end, having few outside leaves : the plants can 

 be cljjse together; the heads are of excellent quality and of 

 gooa size. Packet 5c, ounce 30c, )^ pound 90c. 



y^jaxze Jersey Wakefield. Ten days later than that popu- 

 lar early variety, grows somewhat rounder in shape and fully 

 twice as large, often averaging tilteen to eighteen pounds per 

 head. It produces heads as hard and solid as the Winnig- 

 stadt; 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. Packet 5c, ounce 30c, % pound 90c. 



Early Peerless. New and very desirable, partakes a 

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

 more uniformly, is a trifle earli^|^yid has all the other 

 good qualities of that varie^j^^^^^ket 5c, ounce 30c, 

 3^ pound 90c. 



Flat Dutch. An excellent second early variety, pro- 

 ducing' fine lai-ge heads with few and small outer leaves; 

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

 great heat. Packet 5c, ounce 30c, pound 90c. 



enderson's Early Summer. The standard for second 

 large, solid, rounded, flat heads of excellent quality. 

 It a'verages about double the size of the Wakefield, and is 

 only eight to ten days later. Its outer leaves are compact, 

 and on that account it can be planted quite close. It pos- 

 sesses the valuable merit of resisting bursting for a good 

 while after the,Jieads have matured. Packet 5c, ounce 30c, 

 1^ pound 90c, ptiVmd $3.00. 



^Winnigstadt orCone. An old standard variety; heads of 

 a fair size, conical in shape; very solid and medium early. 

 Packet 5c, ounce 20c, I4 pound 60c. 



compact and solid; an excellent second early, 

 ounce 30c, 3^4 pound 90c. 



Early Deephead. A veiy desirable second early variety. 

 The heads grow to a large size, are very solid and deeper 

 than other sorts. In earliness it comes in with the Bruns- 

 wick. Packet 5c, ounce 30c, % pound 90c. 

 J Burpee's Surehead. Produces large, round, flattened 

 heads, remarkably uniform, very hard and firm, and ordi- 

 narily weighs from ten to fifteen pounds ; very sweet flavored 

 and keeps well. Packet 5c, ounce 30c, pound 90c, 

 pound $3. 



Heoderson's Early Summer. 



