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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



CABBAGE. 



* For Price List See Bed Pages in Back of Book. 



Choux Pomme (Fr.), Kopfkohl (Ger.), Repollo (Sp.), Cavolo Capucchio (Ital.) 



Cnz^TUBB. — Cabbage requires a strong-, good soil and should be heavily fertilized 

 or manured and worked in well before transplanting. The best all around commercial 

 lertUizer for Cabbage should contain: Available Phosphoric Acid 7%, Potash 8% and 

 iNitrogen 5%. To raise large Cabbage without good soil and without working the plants 

 wen IS an impossibility. Cabage is sown here almost every month of the year, but the 

 seed tor the m.ain 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. The main crop 

 for spring should be sown from the end of October to the end of November, as stated 

 ^™^- • f ^1 ^^^1^?^ °^ Cabbage for spring has become quite an item of late years. 

 NT^ " T ?,hould be sown a little earlier than the Early Snmmer, the latter kind not till 

 whTpTw Jv5!!Li n ^ 1, ""^""u' .^° the young plants can be protected against cold weather, 

 which we generally have between December and Janurary. After the middle of January 

 ?prf nfirfi" t^""^!^. f commenced with These early varieties of Cabbage require special 

 c^^V,, ?i i°K ^^^^- ^^^"^ ^^''^^- ^^^^y varieties are sown during the winter and early 

 !S^!w:o^ ?. ^^^ '-^ ^ ^^""^ important crop, and one of the best paying for the market 

 gardener It requires more work and attention than most people are wiling to give to 

 nlZm^^n^^^y.^l^''}^ ?''"''^ l^-^ ^°^^^^ °^ J^^y ^"d August."^ We have found, by larefS 

 2-5^^ y,t^'°"' ^^^^ 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 durin^.the day; in fact, the seed bed is never allowed to get dVfrom the lowYni 

 ?L nt/nff i«" ^^""^^ ^"°VJ''^ ^° transplant. There is no danger in doing thS of scald S| 

 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 oftSi dis^Srbld 

 during the day. Tobacco dust scattered on the plants and in the walks between the beds 

 IS a sure preventive against insects. One ounce to 3,000 plantsrs ounces to the acre ^^^^ 



Volg-a CaT)bag-e. 



VOIiGA. — The quickest growing, large 

 late variety. Uniform in growth, head 

 hard and solid. It is two or three weeks 

 earlier than other large kinds. The plant 

 is nearly all head having few outside 

 leaves. The heads are nearly as round as 

 a ball and as hard and solid as Danish Ball- 

 head, while they are much larger and 

 heavier, often weighing 15 lbs. each. The 

 quality of this Cabbage is very fine both 

 for cooking and for kraut. It will keep 

 perfectly all winter if kept cool. If the 

 plants are set out early they will head in 



July and August, and can be used as a 

 summer and fall variety. We are sure this 

 Cabbage will prove a most profitable one to 

 all who raise it. The plants are so compact 

 that they can be set out IVaxS feet and will 

 produce enormous crops on good rich land, 

 and fair crops on land that would not pro- 

 duce a ton to the acre of some other varie- 

 ties. 



ST. DBNIS OB CHOn BONNBUII^. — A 



very popular variety. Can be pianted in 

 late Spring and early Fall. 



The New Orleans Market Musk Melon Cannot be Surpassed by Any Other. 



