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FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH 



CABBAGE 



For many yeai's cabbage seed has been a leading specialty -n-ith 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 is no seed more reliable, nor can any be more implicitly depended upon to give planters 

 uniformly satisfactory results. 



The requisites for complete success with cabbage are: First, good seed; in this crop the quality of the seed used is of 

 the greatest importance: no satisfactory results can possibly be obtained when poor seed is planted. Second, rich, well 

 prepared ground. A heavy, moist and rich loam is most suitable. Third, frequent and thorough cultivation. The ground 

 should be highly manured and worked deep. Cabbage is grown all over the country and specific directions regarding the 

 time and methods of planting applicable to all localities cannot be given. In general, north of the 40th parallel the early 

 sorts should be sown very early in hotbeds, hardened off by gradually exposing them to the night air and transplanted 

 as early as the ground is in good condition, setting eighteen to thirty-six inches apart, according to size of variety. South 

 of the"^40th parallel sow about the middle of September, or later according to latitude, transplanting into cold frames if 

 necessary to keep through winter and setting 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 If the weather and soil is dry the late sowings should be shaded and watered in order to hasten ger- 

 mination, but it is important that the plants should not be shaded or crowded in the seed bed, or they will run up^ weak 

 and slender and will not endure transplanting weU, 



Cabbages should be hoed every week and the ground stirred as they advance in growth, drawing up a little earth to 

 the plants each time until they begin to head, when they should be thoroughly cultivated and left to mature. Loosening 

 the roots will sometimes retard the bursting of full grown heads. 



Of late years many crops of early cabbages have been destroyed by maggots at the roots. The best remedy seems to 

 be to remove the earth from arotind the stem and apply an emulsion of kerosene made as follows: Add one quart of 

 kerosene oil to two qtiarts of boiling soft soap which has'been thinned to the consistency of cream. Stir the oil thorough- 

 ly 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 and apply once a week. 



The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves and heads later may be killed by dusting with pyrethrum powder, slug 

 shot or Paris green The last two are poisonous and should not be used in large quantities, or late in the season, however, 

 should their use be necessary, care should be taken to remove the outside leaves before the heads are used. 



If the disease called club root should get a 

 foot hold, do not plant the land with any of the 

 cabbage family for a year or two. This is usual- 

 ly an effective remedy. 



To creserve cabbages during 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 cabbages are 

 simply strains' rather than distinct sorts and 

 are really the same as some older and better 

 known kinds. We do not know of a single va- 

 riety offered in this country which we have not 

 seen, both in trial and in fields, and we are con- 

 fident that every good quality can be found in a 

 greater degree in the varieties we offer than in 

 any other kinds. 



FIRST EARLY SORTS 

 Early Jersey 



The earliest and hardest 



heading of first early cab- 

 lA/oL-^fs^lr^ *^^"^s. Most gardeners depend 

 W aKeneia upon it for the bulk of their ex- 

 tra early crop. Its exceeding hardiness not 

 only to resist cold but other unfavorable con- 

 ditions, insures the greatest likelihood of pro- 

 fitable and satisfactory results. Our stock is 

 grown and selected with the greatest care; 

 there is none better and there are few as good. 



Head conical, very compact, solid and of excellent quality. The thick, 

 stout leaves and compact habit of the variety make it the best sort for 

 very early setting. Pkt. oc; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 40c; ^ Lb. 75c; Lb. $3.50 



Early Spring 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



Charleston, or i^^'LTMl 

 Large Wakefield Faf^e? 



and a little later than Early Jersey 

 Wakefield, the head being fully as 

 solid but less pointed and consider- 

 ably larger. Exceedingly hardy and 

 on account of its earliness and size of 

 head with market gardeners and 

 shippers it is deservedly a very popu- 

 lar sort to follow Jersey Wakefield. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz.25c; 3 Oz.46c; h Lb. 75c; 

 Lb. $2.50 



ir»«>Kr Q«%wiM» The earliest flat 

 Harly Oprmg headed variety. 

 A wonderfully compact plant with 

 few outer leaves so that a great 

 number of fine solid heads can be 

 produced on an acre. Although it 

 does not come to full maturity as 

 early as Jersey Wakefield, it becomes 

 solid enough for use about as early 

 and is by far the best early sort for 

 markets that demand a 'large, flat 

 cabbage. The plant is vigorous, with 

 short stem. The leaves are large, 

 broad and of distinctive light green 

 color The head is oval and very 

 large for the size of the plant, nearly 

 equalins many of the later kinds. 

 Pkt. 5c: Oz.35c; 3 Oz.40c; ^Lb.75c; 

 Lb. $3.50 



