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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
Dwarf German Greens. 
BORECOLE or CURLED KALE. 
For Price List see Yellow Pages in Back 
ef Book. 
Choux-vert (Fr.), Gruener Kohl (Ger.), 
Breton (Sp), Cavolo Verde (Ital.) 
CULTURE—This variety of the Cab- 
bage tribe is known as Curly Green, or 
Kale. Sow the seeds in spring and trans- 
plant with the late Cabbage in early 
| a touch of frost. 
summer. For fall crop sow early in 
September in drills or broadcast, they 
will produce small heads or tops which 
. can be used during the Winter months; 
if slightly covered with manure or litter 
will continue growing until spring; the 
leaves are fit for use es scon as they get 
To preserve them dur- 
_ ing the early winter, treat them the same 
/ as Cabbage. 
Dwarf German Greens is a dwarf very 
hardy and popular variety with market 
gardeners. 
BROCCOLI. 
For Price List see Yellow Pages in Back 
of Book. 
| Choux Broccoli (Fr.), Spargel-Koh} 
(Ger.), Broculi (Sp.), Brocoli (ital.) 
Resembles the Cauli- 
but not forming such compact 
Purple Cape. 
flower, 
| heads, and not quite so white, being of 
greenish cast. This is the most desirable 
variety; cultivated the same as Half 
Early Cauliflower; further north than 
New Orleans, where Cauliflower does not 
succeed, the Broccoli may be substituted, 
being hardier. 
CABBAGE. 
For Price List see Yellow Pages in Back of Book. 
Choux Pomme (Fr.), Kopfkohl (Ger.), Repollo (Sp.), Cavolo Capucchio (Ital.) 
CULTURE.—Cabbage requires a strong, good soil and should be heavily 
manured. 
plants well is an impossibility. 
To raise large Cabbage without good soil and without working the 
Cabbage is sown here almost every month of 
the year, but the seed for the main crop should be sown from July to September. 
Some sow earlier, but July is time enough. For a succession, seed can be sown 
till November. 
end of November, as stated before. 
The main crop for spring should be sown from end of October to 
The raising of Cabbage for spring has become 
quite an item of late years; Brunswick should be sown a little earlier than the 
Early Summer; the latter kind not till November, but in a frame, so the young 
plants can be protected against cold weather, which we generally have between 
December and January. 
menced with. 
have them large. 
After the middle of January setting out can be com- 
These early varieties of Cabbage require. special fertilizing to 
Early varieties are sown during the winter and early spring. 
Cabbage is a very important crop, and one of the best paying for the market 
gardener. 
It requires more work and attention than most people are willing to 
give to raise cabbage plants during the months of July and August. 
We have 
found, by careful observation, that plants raised in August are the surest to head 
here. 
The most successful gardeners in raising cabbage plants sow the seeds 
thinly in seed beds, and water several times during the day; in fact the seed bed 
is never allowed to get dry from the sowing of the seed till large enough to 
transplant. 
There is no danger in doing this of scalding the plants, as many 
would suppose; but on the contrary the plants thrive well, and so treated will be 
less liable to be attacked by cabbage flies, as they are too often disturbed during 
the day. Tobacco dust scattered on the plants and in the walks between the beds, 
is a sure preventive against insects. 
When in Doubt Consult Steckler. 
