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M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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 tliorough 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 o"f 

 planting applicable to all locaUties 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 grouud as eaiiy 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 are dry 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 wiU 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 wiU 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 carefidly 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 to a plant. A well known remedy is 

 to apply au emulsion of kerosene which may be made as follows: Add one quart of kerosene oil to two quarts of boiling 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 a week. A preventative for the maggot is to spray on forcibly a carbolic acid emulsion diluted with 

 thh-ty parts of water, appUed the day after the cabbage plants are 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 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 foothold, 

 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 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. 



For further information see books listed on inside of 

 back cover. 



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 are confident 

 that every good quality can be found in a greater degree 

 in the varieties we offer than in any other kinds. 



FIRST EARLY SORTS 



i-i 1 I iirir*ii This most excellent 



Larly Jersey Wakeneld variety is the earhest 



and sm-est 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 ex- 

 ceedingly hardy, not only in'resisting cold but other im- 

 f avorable conditions. They are compact and erect or very 

 shghtly spreading, with few outer leaves, which are 

 smooth, thick, nearly oval and deep green. The stem is 

 short. The heads are of medium size, very solid , uniformly pointed and of 

 excellent quality. Our stock, grown and selected with great care, is of 

 first quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 50c; ^A Lb. 90c; Lb. $2.75 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



Charleston or Large Wakefield 



t^ 1 a/I I i The earliest large 



Copenhagen Market round-headed 



cabbage yetintroduced. The heads are exception- 

 ally large for so early a variety, ver}- solid and of 

 most excellent quahty. The plants are vigorous 

 but compact, with short stem and few outer leaves 

 which are of rather upright growth. The leaves 

 are medium light green, nearly round, compara- 

 tively thick and smooth. This is a most e.vceUent 

 sort, both for the home garden and market garden- 

 ing trade. Our strain produces the characteristic 

 large, round heads that for solidity and excellent 

 qualitv make this variety so valuable. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 45c; 2 Oz. 80c; >4 Lb. $1.25; Lb. $4.50 



^-11 1 . I A strain in which the 



Charleston or Large plant is larger and a 



Wa \ri=^i\c\A little later than Early Jersey Wake- 

 vv dticiiciu flgj^^ jjjg ijgad being fully as solid 

 but less pointed and considerably larger. The 

 leaves are rather large, smooth and comparatively 

 thick. Its exceeding hardiness, earhness and size 

 of head have made it with market gardeners and 

 shippers a popular sort to follow Jersey Wakefield. 

 The plants are medium sized, very vigorous, slightly 

 spreading. The heads are blunt-pointed but very 

 broad at the base. Om- stock can be depended up- 

 on to produce uniformlv fine, marketable heads. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 50c; Vi Lb. 90c; Lb. $2.75 



ri I Q • The earliest flat-headed variety. 



Cjarly spring The plants are vigorous, very 

 compact, with few outer leaves and a short stem. 

 The leaves are nearly round, broad, smooth and of 

 distinctive light green color, almost without bloom. 

 The heads are broad, round, slightly flattened- 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 4Dc; Vi Lb. 75c; Lb. $2 50. 



