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Borecole or Curled Kale. 



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 Book. 



Choux-vert (Fr.), Gruener Kohl (Ger.), 

 Breton (Sp.), Cavolo Verde (Ital.) 



CULTURE. — This variety of the Cabbage 

 tribe is known as Curly Green or Kale. 

 Sow the seeds in spring- and transplant 

 with the late Cabbage in early summer. 

 For fall crop sow early in September in 

 drills or broadcast, they will produce 

 small heads or tops which can be used 

 during - the Winter months, if slightly 

 covered with manure or litter will continue 

 growing until spring; the leaves are fit for 

 use as soon as they get a touch of frost. 

 To preserve them during the early winter, 

 treat them the same as Cabbage. 



DWARF GERMAN GREENS. — Is a 

 dwarf, very hardy and popular variety 

 with market gardeners. 



Dwarf German Greens. 



CABBAGE. 



Por Price List See Red Pages in Back of Book. 



Choux Pomme (Fr.), Kopfkohl (Ger.), Repollo (Sp.), Cavolo Capucchio (Ital.) 



CULTURE. — Cabbage requires a strong, good soil and should be heavily manured. 

 To raise large Cabbage without good soil and without working the plants well is an 

 impossibility. Cabbage is sown here almost every month of the year, but the seed for 

 the main crop should be sown from July to September. Some sow earlier, but July is 

 time enough. For a succession seed can be sown till November. The main crop for 

 spring should be sown from the end of October to the end of November, as stated before. 

 The raising of Cabbage for spring has become quite an item of late years. Brunswick 

 should be sown a little earlier than the Early Summer, the latter kind not till November, 

 but in a frame, so the young plants can be protected against cold weather, which we 

 generally have between December and January. After the middle of January setting out 

 can be commenced with. These early varieties of Cabbage require special fertilizing to 

 have them large. Early varieties are sown during the winter and early spring. Cabbage 

 is a very important crop, and one of the best paying for the market gardener. It requires 

 more work and attention than most people are willing to give to raise Cabbage plants 

 during the months of July and August. We have found, by careful observation, that 

 plants raised in August are the surest to head here. The most successful gardeners in 

 raising Cabbage plants sow the seeds thinly in seed beds, and water several times during 

 the day; in fact, the seed bed is never allowed to get dry from the sowing of the seed 

 till large enough to transplant. There is no danger in doing this of scalding the plants, 

 as many would suppose; but on the contrary the plants thrive well, and so treated will 

 be less liable to be attacked by cabbage flies, as they are too often disturbed during the 

 day. Tobacco dust scattered on the plants and in the walks between the beds is a sure 

 preventive against insects. 



IMPROVED LARGE LATE DRUM- 

 HEAD. — Fine large variety; should be 

 sown early in the fall for winter, or during 

 December and January for late spring use; 

 it will stand more cold than the Brunswick. 



LOUISVILLE DRUMHEAD.— A strong 

 and vigorous, but not coarse growing sort 



)f Flat Dutch type. Plants short stemmed 

 and compact, with broad, well rounded, 



arge leaves, very full at base. Head semi- 

 flat, thick and of good quality. 



EARLY DRUMHEAD. — A similar variety 

 to Early Flat Dutch ; earlier, and not 

 making as many leaves, it can be planted 

 close. A good early spring cabbage. 



CREOLE. — A Northern strain of Flat 

 Dutch grown in Louisiana some years, 

 making it a hybrid; can be planted as early 

 as June 1st. It is generally used for bunch 

 greens, but often affords a good, hard head 

 of dark greenish color. 



Improved Large Late Drumhead. 



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