20 Z>. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Golden Tankard Mangel Wur- 

 zel. — Tops comparatively small, with 

 yellow stems and midribs; neck very 

 small; roots large, ovoid, but filled out 

 at top and bottom so as to approach a 

 cylindrical form. Flesh yellow, zoned 

 with white. A great improvement and 

 worthy of trial on every farm. 



Golden Tankard 

 Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel. Wurzel. 



Red Globe Mangel Wurzel.— Similar to Yellow 

 Globe, except in color, which is a light red or pink. 



BROCOLI, 



Fr., Chou Brocoli. Ger., Spar gel Kohl. 

 Although originating from a very distinct type, the 

 modern improved sorts of Brocoli can scarcely be dis- 

 tinguished from Cauliflower; the points of difference 

 being that it is generally taller and the heads more 

 divided. By some considered more delicate than the 

 Cauliflower. 



Culture. — The same as that given for Cauliflower. 



Early Purple Cape.— This is the best variety for 

 our climate. It produces large heads, of a brownish- 

 purple color, vjry close and compact, and of excellent 

 flavor. 



Brussels Sprouts. 



Fr., Chou de Bruxelles. Ger., Sprossen Kohl. 

 Culture. — The plant grows two or three feet high, 

 and produces from the sides of the stalk numerous little 

 sprouts one or two inches in diameter, resembling cab- 

 bages. The leaves should be broken down in the fall, 

 to give the little cabbages more room to grow. They 

 should be treated in all respects like winter cabbage or 

 kale. 



CHBBHGE, 



Fr., Choux Pommes. Ger., Kopfi 'kohl. 



There is no vegetable which is more universally culti- 

 vated than this. It is found in the poorest and smallest 

 garden, and it responds so readily to better care that it 

 is also entitled to a place in the finest garden, and merits 

 the attention of the most skillful gardener. 



Culture. — The requisites for complete success aie: 

 First, good seed; there is no vegetable where the seed 

 has more influence on the quality of the product than 

 in this, and gardeners should invariably select the best 

 procurable. Second, rich, well prepared ground. Third, 



frequent and thorough cultivation. A heavy, 

 moist and fresh loam is most suitable, which 

 should be highly manured and worked deep. 

 The early sorts should be sown very early in 

 hot-beds, hardened off by gradually exposing 

 them to night air, and transplanted to open 

 ground, setting eighteen to twenty-four inches 

 apart as early as possible in the spring. At the 

 south, sow from the middle of September to 

 middle of October, and transplant into cold 

 frames to preserve through winter, setting into 

 open ground as early as possible. 



The late autumn and winter varieties may be 

 sown from the middle to the last of spring, and 

 transplanted when about six inches high, three 

 feet apart each way. Shade and water the late 

 sowings in dry weather to get them up. It is 

 important that the plants should stand thinly in 

 the seed bed, or they will run up weak and 

 slender, and be likely to make long stumps. In 

 transplanting they must be set into the ground 

 up to the first leaf, no matter how long the 

 stem may be. 



Cabbages should be hoed every week, and 

 the ground stirred deeper 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 

 Mangel mature. Loosening the roots will sometimes 

 retard the bursting of full grown heads. 

 Of late years many crops of early cabbage have been 

 destroyed 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 oil made as follows: 

 Add one quart of kerosene 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 

 sort of butter-like substance. Then dilute with five 

 times as much water. 



This remedy has always succeeded in sandy soil, but 

 may not be so effective on clay lands. On such soils we 

 . have had good success from surrounding the plants with 

 squares of cloth cut about six inches square, with a 

 small hole in the center and a slit from this to the edge 

 so that the cloth can be put around the plant. This 

 prevents the fly from laying its eggs. The cloth will 

 need to be held to the ground by a little earth or a few 

 small stones. 



The cabbage worms which destroy the plants later 

 may be killed by sprinkling the plants with the emulsion 

 of soft soap and kerosene oil, or by dusting with pyre- 

 thrum powder. 



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, 

 with the heads downwards, in long trenches, in a dry 

 situation. In the Middle States, bury the head and 

 part of the stump in the open ground, and place over 

 them a light covering of straw or boards, to protect them 

 in severe weather. 



Express. — This is claimed to be the earliest cabbage 

 in cultivation, and with us heads fit for use are formed 

 earlier than on any other sort. It is similar to the 

 Etampes, but is a little lighter in color and the heads are 

 a little harder. Worthy of trial by those who wish to be 

 first in the market. 



Very Early Etampes. — Similar to the well-known 

 Jersey Wakefield, but repeated tests both on our 

 grounds and at the various Experimental Stations have 

 shown that it will produce heads fit for use a little 



