20 a M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



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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 Seed Farm; they 

 are all grown under our personal inspection and supervision. There are none more reliable, none that can 

 be more implicitly depended upon to give planters uniformly satisfactory results. 



CULTURE The requisites for complete success are: First, 

 good seed; there is no vegetable where the seed has more 

 influence on the quality of the product than in this, and gar- 

 deners should invariably select the best procurable. Second, 

 rich, well prepared ground. Third, frequent and thorough 

 cultivation. A heavy, moist and rich loam is most suitable, 

 which should be highly manured and worked deep. Cabbage 

 is universally grown all over the country and specific direc- 

 tions regarding the time and methods of planting applicable 

 to aU localities cannot be given. In general, north of the 40th 



garallel, the early sorts should be sown very early in liot-beds, 

 ardened off by gradually exposing them to night air, and as 

 early as the ground is in good condition, transplanted, setting 

 eighteen to thirty-six inches apart, according to size of variety. 

 South of the 40th parallel sow from the middle of September, 

 or according to latitude, transplant into cold frames if neces- 

 sary to keep through winter, and set 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. Shade and water the late sowings in dry 

 weather to get them up. It is important that the plants 

 should not be crowded in the seed bed, or they will run up 

 weak and slender, and be likely to make long stems. 



One of the most successful eastern market gardeners 

 recommends sowing cabbage for family use as follows: At 

 the desired time sow the seed in hills six to twelve seeds in a 

 place, and after the plants are of sufficient size thin to a single 

 plant to the hill, and cultivate as usual. This is a very sim- 

 ple method and in some cases is very successful. 



Cabbages should be hoed every week, and the ground 

 stirred as they advance in growth, drawing up a little earth 

 to the plant each time until they begin to head, when they 

 should be thoroughly cultivated and left to mature. Loosen- 



ing the roots will sometimes retard the bursting of fvdl grown 

 heads. 



Of late years many crops of early cabbage have been de- 

 stroyed by maggots at the roots. The best remedy seems to 

 be to remove the earth from around the stem and apply an 

 emulsion of kerosene made as follows: Add one quart of kero- 

 sene oil to two quarts of boiling soft 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. 



Tobacco dust, ashes, slacked lime and coal dust are aU 

 recommended as preventatives, and with us have proved 

 valuable in the order named. These are scattered about the 

 plants, leaving one here and there untreated for the flies to 

 congregate around and deposit theii- eggs uiDon, when they 

 should be pulled up and destroyed. 



The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves and heads 

 later, may be killed by dusting with pj'rethrum powder. 



If the disease called club root should get a foot-hold, do not 

 plant the land with any of the Brassica family for a year or 

 two. This is usually an effective remedy. 



To preserve cabbage 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 long trenches 

 in a dry situation, covering with boards or straw so as to 

 keep out frost and rain. 



A great many of the varieties of Cabbage are simply strains 

 rather than distinct sorts and are practically the same as 

 some older and better known kind. We do not think there is 

 a single variety offered in this country which we have not 

 seen both in trial and in fields, and we are confident that every 

 good quality can be found in a greater degree in some variety 

 in the list we offer than in any kind of different name. 



6qp19 Jepsey CDol^efield. 



THE EARLIEST AND HARDEST HEADING 

 OF EXTRA EARLY CABBAGES. 



Most gardeners depend upon it for the bulk of their extra early crop. Our 

 stock is grown and selected with the greatest care and there is none better and 

 few as good. Heads conical, very compact and solid, of excellent quality. The 

 thick stout leaves and compact habit of this variety make it 



The Best for Wintering Over and Very Early Setting. 



Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; 3^ Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 



Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage. 



Very Barly Ctampes. 



Similar to 

 the well- 

 known Jersey Wakefield. The plants are hghter colored, 

 but not quite so hardy. The heads are fully as large, not 

 quite so pointed, and are of excellent quality. Sold also as 

 "Earliest of All," "Wonderful," etc. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 20c; ?4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



Bxtra Early Express. t^riy^^Jrt 



in which the plants are compact, with roimd, thick leaves, 

 and form an oval head, which is astonishingly large for the 

 size of the plants. The heads are proportionately thicker 

 and less pointed than those of the Jersey Wakefield, and it 

 is only slightly later than that sort. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 

 2 Oz. 25c; h Lb. 40c: Lb. $1.25 



A strain of Wakefield, 

 in which the plant is 

 larger and later, the 

 head larger and not 

 so pointed 



Very Early Etampes Cabbage. 



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Lopge CDol^efield, 



It is very popular with many gardeners who want a larger head than the 

 Jersey Wakefield and are not so particular as to earliness. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 

 2 Oz. 35c; % Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 



Fs=ir*lx/ "Vrfcr*!^ ^^ early variety. Heads small, heart shaped, firm 

 L>C1HI3^ l^^iBV. g^jj^j tender; of very erect and dwarf habit, so that 



they may be grown fifteen or eighteen inches apart. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



2 Oz. 20c; 3^ Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



I=s*r»l^ I p»r«<itf=k Vrfcr*!^ Succeeds the Early York. It is of 

 lj€Mi ty L0€Mt ^K, 1VPIIV. larger size, about ten days later, more 



robust and bears the heat better. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; h Lb. 30c; 



Lb. $1.00 



