D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 25 
CABBAGE 
For many years cabbage seed has been a leading specialty with us. Our cabbage seeds are all grown from approved stock 
seeds which are largely of our own development on our Oakview Stock Seed Farm; they are all grown under our personal in- 
spection and supervision. We believe there is no seed that is more reliable, nor any that can 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 
imanured 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 whenfour to six 
inches high. If the weather and soil aredry the late sowings should be shaded and watered in order to hasten germination, 
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 well. 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. An effective remedy seems to be to 
remove the earth carefully from around the stem so as to form a funnel-shaped cup and apply Zenoleum, Sanax Dip, or some 
similar preparation, diluted at the rate of one part to eighty parts of water. Apply one pint toa plant. A well known remedy 
is to apply an emulsion of kerosene which may be made as follows: Add one quart of kerosene oil to two quarts of boiilng fish 
oil soap (whale oil soap), soft soap or any cheap 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 cream-like substance. Then dilute with 
five times as much water and apply once aweek. A preventive for maggots is tospray on forcibly a carbolic acid emulsion 
diluted with thirty parts of water, applied the day after the cabbage plantsare transplanted, and repeated several times at 
intervals of 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 twoare 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 foothold, do not plant the land 
with any of the cabbage family for a year or two. This is 
usually an effective remedy. 
FIRST EARLY SORTS 
° This most excellent variety 
Early Jersey Wakefield is the earliest and surest 
heading of first early cabbages for the market and home 
garden. Most gardeners depend upon it for the bulk of their 
extra early crop. The plants are exceedingly hardy, not only 
in resisting cold but other unfavorable conditions. They are 
compact and erect or very slightly spreading, with few outer 
leaves, which are smooth, thick, nearly oval and deep green. 
Thestem is short. The heads are of medium size, very solid, 
uniformly pointed and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 
35c; 2 Oz. 60c; % Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 
This strain of Copenhagen Market has 
Golden Acre been selected to produce an earlier and 
somewhat smaller head and more compact plant than the 
parent type. Where extreme earliness is the prime considera- 
tion this characteristic will commend it particularly to the 
market grower and shipper. 
The heads are round, solid and of excellent quality. The 
plants are compact with few outer leaves. The leaves are thick 
and smooth and of medium light green color. 
Our strain of this variety is of superior quality in earliness 
and uniformity of size, shape, and time of maturity. Pkt. 10c; 
Oz. 85c; 2 Oz. $1.35; 4 Lb. $2.25; Lb. $8.00 
Theearliest large round-headed 
Copenhagen Market cabbage yet introduced. The 
heads are exceptionally large for so early a variety, very 
solid and of most excellent quality. The plants are vigorous 
but compact, with short stem and few outerleaves which are 
ofratherupright growth. The leaves are medium light green, 
nearly round, comparatively thick and smooth. This is a 
most excellent sort, both for the home garden and market 
gardening trade. Ourstrain produces the characteristic 
large, round heads that for solidity and excellent quality 
make this variety so valuable. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 60c; 2 Oz. $1.00; 
Y, Lb. $1.75; Lb. $6.00 
; eee 
Charleston or Large Wakefield ‘nich the plant 
is larger and a little later than Early Jersey Wakefield, the 
head being fully as solid but less pointed and considerably 
larger. The leaves are rather large, smooth and comparatively 
thick. Its exceeding hardiness, earliness and sizeof head have 
made it with market gardeners and shippersa popular sort to 
follow Jersey Wakefield. The plants are medium sized, very 
vigorous and slightly spreading. The heads are blunt pointed 
but very broad at the base. Our stock can be depended upon 
to produce uniformly fine, marketable heads. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 
30c; 2Oz. 55c; 14 Lb. 90c; Lb. $3.00 
A Row or Copennacen Market 
