D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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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 

 Seed Farm; they are all grown under our per- 

 sonal inspection and supervision. There is none 

 more reliable, none that can be more implicitly depended upon to give planters unifonnly satisfactory results. 

 CULTURE The requisites for complete success are: First, good seed: this plant is largely dependent upon the best seed 



— for its success: no satisfactorj- results can possibly be obtained from poor stock. Second, rich, well prepared 



ground. Third, frequent and thorough cultivation. A heavy, moist and rich loam is most suitable. It should be highly 

 manured and worked deep. Cabbage is universally 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 earlj- sorts should 

 be sown very early in hot beds, hardened off by gradually exposing them to 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 4uth 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. Shade and water the late sowings in dry weather to get them up. It is important that the plants 

 should not be crowded in the seed bed. or they will rvm up weak and slender, and be likelj- to make long stems. 



One of the most successful eastern market gardeners recommends sowing cabbage for family use as follows: At 

 the desired time sow the seed in hills six to twelve seeds in a place, and after the plants are of sufficient size thin to a single 

 plant to the hill, and cultivate as usual. This is a very simple method and in some cases is very successful. 



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

 to the plants each time until they "begin to head, when the}' should be thoroughly cultivated and left to mature. Loosen- 

 ing 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 az'ound the stem and apply an emulsion of kerosene (coal oil ) made as follows: Add one quart 

 of kerosene oil to two quarts of boiling soft soap which has been thinned to the consistency of cream. Stir the oil thor- 

 oughly 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. 



Tobacco dust, ashes, slacked lime and coal dust are all recommended as preventives, and with us have proved valu- 

 able in the order named. These are scattered about the plants, leaving one here and there untreated for the flies to 

 congregate around and deposit their eggs upon, when the plants should be pulled up and destroj-ed. 



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

 K 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 usually* an effective remedy. 



To preserve cabbages during the 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. 



Agreat many of the varieties of cabbages are simply strains rather than disfmcf sorts and are really the same as some 

 older and better known kinds. We think there is not a single variety offered in this countrj' which we have not seen both 

 in trial and in fields, and we are confident that every good quality can be found in a greater degree in the varieties we offer 

 than in any other kinds. 



F/RST EARLY GABBAGES 

 Early Jersey Wakefield 



The Earliest and Hardest Heading of Extra Early Cabbages 



Most gardeners depend upon it for the bulk of their extra early crop. Our stock is 

 gro\^^l and selected with the greatest care and there is none better and there are few as 

 good. Heads conical, very compact, solid and of excellent quality. The thick, stout 

 leaves and compact habit make it 



THE BEST FOR WINTERING OVER AND VERY EARLY SETTING _ 



Pkt. oc; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; 



hU}. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 



VERY EARLY ETAMPES 



Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage. 



Similar to the well-known Jersey "Wakefield. 



The plants are lighter colored, but not quite 

 so hardy. The heads are fully as large, not quite so hard, but are of excellent 

 quality. Sold also as '" Earliest of All,"' " Wonderful,"' etc. 



Pkt. oc; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; ^ Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



C Yjnt FiDI Y FVPDF^^ -^° extra early sort, in which the plants 

 I AIH/A L^iNLI LAI HLOO are compact, with round, thick leaves, 

 and form an oval head, which is astonishingly large for the size of the 

 plants. The heads are comparatively thicker and less pointed than those of 

 the Jersey Wakefield, and it is onlv slightly later than that sort. 



Pkt. oc; Oz. ioc; 2 Oz. 25c; h^hh. 40c: Lb. $1.50 



Char,.esto,-., 



Cbarteston, or 

 Large QIafeefietd 



A strain of Wakefield in which the 

 plant is larger and a little later, the 

 head larger and not so pointed. 



On account of the fine, solid heads of this variety it is 

 deservedly very poinilar with market gardeners and 

 shippers to follow the Jersey Wakefield which is only a 

 few days earlier than this splendic^. variety. 



Pkt. 5c: Oz. 35c: 2 Oz. GOc; "i Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 



EARLY SPRING, OR FLAT PAR /SI AN 



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