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FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH. 



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CABBAGE 



For many years cabbage seed has been a leading specialty with us. Our cabbage seeds are all grown from approved stock 

 seeds which are largely of our own development on our Oakvievv Stock Seed Farm; they are all gi'own under our personal in- 

 spection and supervision. We believe there is no seed that is more reliable, nor any that can be more implicitly depended 

 upon to give planters uniformly satisfactory results. 



The requisites for complete success with cabbage are: First, good seed. In this crop the quality of the seed used is of the 

 greatest importance. No satisfactory results can possibly be obtained when poor seed is planted. Second, rich, well prepared 

 ground. A heavy, moist and rich loam is most suitable. Third, frequent and thorougli cultivation. The ground should be highly 

 manured and worked deep. Cabbage is grown all over the country and specific directions regarding the time and methods of 

 planting applicable to all localities cannot be given. In general, north of the 40th parallel the early sorts should be sown very 

 early in hotbeds, hardened off by gradually exposing them to the night air and transplanted as early as the ground is in good 

 condition, setting eighteen to thirty-six inches apart, according to size of variety. South of the 40th parallel sow about the 

 middle of September, or later according to latitude, transplanting into cold-frames if necessary to keep through winter and 

 setting in open ground as early as possible in the spring. 



The late autumn and winter varieties may be sown from the middle to the last of spring and transplanted when four to six 

 inches high. If the weather and soil are dry the late sowings should be shaded and watered in order to hasten germination, but 

 it is important that the plants should not be shaded or crowded in the seed-bed, or they will I'un up weak and slender and will not 

 endure transplanting well. Cabbages should be hoed every week and the ground stirred as they advance in growth, drawing up 

 a little earth to the plants each time until they begin to head, when they should be thoroughly cultivated and left to mature. 

 Loosening the roots will sometimes retard the bursting of full grown heads. 



Of late years many crops of early cabbages have been destroyed by maggots at the roots. An effective remedy seems to be to 

 remove the earth carefully from around the stem so as to form a funnel-shaped cup and apply Zenoleum, Sanax Dip. or some 

 similar preparation, diluted at the rate of one part to eighty parts of water. Apply one pint to a plant. A well known remedy is 

 to apply an emulsion of kerosene which may be made as follows: Add one quart of kerosene oil to two quarts of boiling fish oil 

 soap (whale oil soap), soft soap or any cheap soap which 

 has been thinned to the consistency of cream. Stir the oil 

 thoroughly by churning or other method until it has 

 united with the soap and forms a cream-like substance. 

 Then dilute with five times as much water and apply once 

 a week. A preventive for maggots is to spray on forcibly 

 a carbolic acid emulsion diluted with thirty parts of water, 

 applied the day after the cabbage plants are transplanted, 

 and repeated several times at intervals of a week. 



The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves and 

 heads later may be killed by dusting with pyrethrum 

 powder, slug shot or Paris green. The last two are 

 poisonous and should not be used in large quantities, or 

 late in the season; however, should their use be necessary, 

 care should be taken to remove the outside leaves before 

 the heads are used. If the disease called club-root should 

 get a foothold, do not plant the land with any of the 

 cabbage family for a year or two. This is usually an 

 effective remedy. 



A great many of the varieties of cabbages are simply 

 strains rather than distinct sorts and are really the same 

 as some older and better known kinds. We are confident 

 that every good quality can be found in a greater degree 

 in the varieties we offer than in any other kinds. 



FIRST EARLY SORTS 



r> 1 I \xrii!*iJ This most excellent 



Early Jersey Wakerield variety is the earliest 



and surest heading of first early cabbages for the market 

 and home garden. Most gardeners depend upon it for 

 the bulk of their extra early crop. The plants are exceed- 

 ingly hardy, not only in resisting cold but other unfavorable 

 conditions. They are compact and erect or very slightly 

 spreading, with few outer leaves, which are smooth, thick, 

 nearly oval and deep green. The stem is short. The heads are 

 of medium size, very solid, uniformly pointed and of excellent 

 quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; V4 Lb. $1.00; 

 Lb. $3.50 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



/-^ 1 n/i 1 i. The earliest large round-head- 



Copennagen Market ed cabbage yet introduced. The 

 heads are exceptionally large for so early a variety, very 

 solid and of most excellent quality. The plants are vigorous 

 but compact, with short stem and few outer leaves which are 

 of rather upright growth. The leaves are medium light green, 

 nearly round, comparatively thick and smooth. This is a 

 most excellent sort, both for the home garden and market 

 gardening trade. Our strain produces the characteristic large, 



round heads that for solidity and excellent 



quality make this variety so valuable. 



Pkt. 5c; Oz. 60c; 2 Oz. $1.00; 1/4 Lb. $1.75; 



Lb. $6.00 



^1 I . f A Strain 



Charleston or Large which the p 



Copenhagen Market 



m 

 ! plant 

 \\l'^h-^(lo}A is larger and a little later than 

 VVaM-eneia ^arly Jersey Wakefield, the 

 head being fully as solid but less pointed and 

 considerably larger. The leaves are rather 

 large, smooth and comparatively thick. Its 

 exceeding hardiness, earliness and size of 

 head have made it with market gardeners 

 and shippers a popular sort to follow Jersey 

 Wakefield. The plants are medium sized, 

 very vigorous and slightly spreading. The 

 heads are blunt pointed but very broad at 

 the base. Our stock can be depended upon 

 to produce uniformly fine, marketable 

 heads. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; 

 ViLb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 



-, , £j . The earliest flat headed 



tarly opring variety. The plants are 

 vigorous, very compact, with few outer 

 leaves and a short stem. The leaves are 

 nearly round, broad, smooth and of distinc- 

 tive light green color, almost without bloom. 

 The heads are broad, round, slightly flat- 

 tened. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; 

 V4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 



