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M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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 Oakview Stock Seed Farm; they are all grown 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 thorough 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 



lanting into cold-frames if necessary to keep through winter and 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



middle of September, or later according to latitude, trans 

 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 run 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, draw- 

 ing 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 

 emulsiou diluted with thirty parts of water, applied the 

 day after the cabbage plants are transplanted, and re- 

 peated 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 



p 1 I iir | £• li This most excellent variety is the earliest and surest heading of first early cabbages for the 



Cariy Jersey WaKerielCI market and home garden. Most gardeners depend upon it for the bulk of their extra early 



crop. The plants are exceedingly 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. 10c;l Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; l A Lb. 



90c; Lb. $3.00 

 ~, gi i »* l . The earliest large 



Copenhagen Market round - headed 



cabbage yet introduced. The heads are excep- 

 tionally 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 gar- 

 den and market gardening trade. Our strain 

 produces the characteristic large, round heads 

 that for solidity and excellent quality make 

 W this variety so valuable. (See further descrip- 



tion, page 8) Pkt. 10c; Oz. 50c; 2 Oz. 85c; x k Lb. 

 $1.40; Lb. $5.00 



§M|j§ Charleston or Large Wakefield 



A strain in which the plant is larger and a little 

 WS& later -than Early Jersey Wakefield, the head 



being fully as solid but less pointed and con- 

 siderably 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 de- 

 pended upon to produce uniformly fine, mar- 

 -3 ketable heads. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; 

 !/ 4 Lb. 90c; Lb. $3.00 



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