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earlier. The plants are lighter colored, but not quite so 

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

 pointed, and are of excellent quality, and we recommend 



Very Early Etampes. 



it as the best for private gardens and sheltered situa- 

 tions. This variety is often sold under other names, as 

 the " earliest of all," but we assure our customers that 

 they cannot buy a better cabbage of this type than our 

 carefully grown and selected stock of this variety. 



Early Jersey Wakefield.— Heads very compact, of 

 medium size, conical. An early, sure heading sort; very 

 popular with market gardeners. Its thick, stout leaves 



Early Jersey Wakefield. 



combined with its very compact growth, make it the 

 best for wintering over in cold frames, or for very early 

 setting in the spring. Unfortunately the great demand 

 for this sort has brought upon the market large quanti- 

 ties of coarse and inferior stock, which has tended to 

 diminish the popularity of the sort; but when pure and 

 good stock, such as we offer, is used it cannot fail to 

 give perfect satisfaction as the best first early cabbage 

 for market gardeners. 



Early York.— An 

 earlj' variety. Heads 

 small, heart shaped, firm 

 and tender; of very 

 dwarf growth, and may 

 be transplanted fifteen 

 or eighteen inches apart. 



Early Large York.— 

 Succeeds the Early York. 

 It is of large size, about 

 ten days later, more 

 Hendersons Early robust and bears the heat 



Summer. better. 

 Henderson's Early Summer.— The earliest, large 

 heading cabbage; growth compact, so that it may be 



set as close as the smaller sorts. Heads large, flat, or 

 slightly conical, handsome, and they keep longer with- 

 out bursting than most of the early sorts. Valuable for 

 both family and market. This may be called an im- 

 provement on the Newark Flat Dutch, which it has 

 superseded. 



All Seasons.— A greatly improved strain of Early 

 Flat Dutch. Heads very large, round, often nearly 

 spherical, but usually somewhat flattened; very solid, 



All Seasons. 



and of the best quality, keeping as well as the winter 

 sorts. Plant very vigorous but sure heading; leaves 

 large, smooth, with dense bloom. Remarkable for its 

 ability to stand the hot sun and dry weather. Last 

 season heads which were fit for market by July ioth, 

 were still salable September ioth, the only change being 

 increased size and density. One of the very best sorts 

 for general cultivation. 



Chase's Excelsior.— A medium early cabbage, sim- 

 ilar to the All Seasons in general character and appear- 

 ance, but not so uniform. 



Early Dwarf Flat Dutch. — An excellent second 

 early sort which does particularly well in the Southern 

 States. Head of medium size, solid, flat, grows low on 

 the stump and is of good flavor. 



Early Winnigstadt. — One of the best for general 

 use, being a very sure header, and will grow a hard 



Early Winnigstadt. 



head under circumstances where most sorts would fail, 

 so that those who have failed with other «->rts could hope 

 to succeed with this. It seems to suffei less from the 

 cabbage worm than any other sort. Heads regular, 

 conical shape, very hard, and keep well both summer 

 and winter. 



Filderkraut. — Similar to, but larger, much more 

 pointed, and heading up with fewer outside leaves than 

 the Winnigstadt, and highly esteemed for making kraut. 

 Good either for first or second crop, and succeeds par- 

 ticularly well on rich prairie soils. 



