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CABBAGE SEED. 



Culture of Cabbage. 



One OS. zi-ill produce about 

 2o00 plants: quantity to 

 transplant for one acre, 

 }i pound. 



Forvervearlv use #ow in January <"■ 

 Febniar>-"in hot-beds : put out when tlie 

 plants are strong enough into other hot- 

 beds ; or sow in cold frames in March ; 

 transplant, when danger from killing 

 frosts is passed, to the open ground, iu 

 rows. 3 feet apart and iS inches in the 

 row. For a succession sow in the open 

 ground the last of March cr early in 

 April. The autumn and winter varieties 

 sow in .\pril or early in May, in shallow 

 drills. 5 or 4 inches apart ; transplant 

 earlv in Julv. in rows. jS feet apart, ami 

 2 feet in the row. Cabbage succe< - 

 best in a fresh, rich soil, well man r 

 and deeply dug or plowed The 



&Iants are subject to attacks of the 

 age-fly. which destroys them as ta- 

 thev appear above ground To pre - 

 the'plant sprinkle them with wood-a- 

 air-slack lime, plaster, slug-shot .j 

 bacco-dust early in the morning w.i e 

 the plants are wet with dew. 



Select Jersey Wakefieirt 

 Cabbage Seed.— T he most 

 popular Cabbage for fall and verj' 

 early spring planting. Our seed? 

 have been most carefully selected 

 Dy the best cabbage-seed growers 

 in this country. For size, solidity, 

 earliness and trueness to type our 

 seeds stand at the head of all 

 others. Our seeds of this strain nrc 

 sought after all over this con: 

 and where once used gardt 

 will have no other. Packets, 5 

 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; ;4 

 pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25. 



SELECT 



>'EW LAKGE CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD CABBAGE. 



EKSEY WAKEFIELD CAlJIiAGE. 



New 1j a r g e Charleston 

 Wakefield Cabbage.— Tr ue 



-American grown. It is about five 

 days later than early Jersey Wake- 

 field; the heads are fully one-half 

 larger, and quite solid. It is very 

 compact in growth and can easily 

 be planted in rows 2 feet apart 

 and 20 inches in the rows. One 

 great advantage it does not burst 

 open when ripe, like many other 

 early sorts, and consequently can 

 be left standing on the ground a 

 1 ing while without injury until a 

 'i\orable opportunity for cutting. 

 I'lckets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, IS 

 mt^, 2 ounces, 30 cents; ^ 

 ]) und 40 cents; pound, $1.25. 



Extra Early Express Cab- 

 ba}?e — Suitable for market gar- 

 1( ncrs for very early crops. This 



the Best Extra Early Cabbage. 

 It 1- earlier than Wakefield, and 

 perfectly solid. Growers use it 

 for \ery early shipments, to se- 

 cure the first prices of the sea- 

 son Packets, 5 and 10 cents; 

 ounce, 15 cents ; 2 ounces, 2f, cents ; 

 li pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50. 



Bolgiano's Early Large 

 York— This is a very valuable 

 early variety, and follows the Ex- 

 press and Etampes in heading. 

 The heads are round, heart-shaped, 

 and very firm. Packets, 5 and 10 

 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 

 40 cents ; pound, $1.25. 



