N. \Y., Wash int. ton, D. C. 



CABBAGE SEED. 



CULTURE OF CABBAGE. 



1-4 lb. 



For verv early use sow in January or February in hot-beds ; put out when the plants are strong enough into 



other Ik v in cold frames in March: transplant when .lander from killing frosts is passed to the 



open ground, iri rows, 2 feet apart and iS inches in the row. For a succession sow in the open ground the last 



1 or early in April. The autumn and winter varieties sow in April or early in May, in shallow drills, 3 



or 4 inches apart ; transplant earlv in July, in rows, j ' . feet apart, and 2 feet m the row. Cabbage succeeds best 



rell manured, and deeply dug or plowed. The late plants are subject to attacks of the 



cabbage- stroysthem as fast as they appear above ground. To preserve the plant sprinkle them with 



wood-ashes! air-slack lime, plaster, slug-shot or tobacco-dust early in the morning while the plants are wet 



Bolgiano's Selected Jersey Wakefield Carnage. True American Grown. 



This is the most popular very early ca - 



with market gardeners all over the country. 

 It is grown in vast quantities for shipment to 

 Northern cities. Unequalled for size, solidity. 

 earliness, uniformity and trueness, is the uni- 

 versal verdict of cabbage . - stock 



kefield is the earliest in culti 

 Everv cabbage grower should u-e our Wake- 

 field. 



Oar Select Jersej Wakefield Cab- 

 bage Seed, -rue American grown, is ordered 

 by large cabbage growers long in advance of 

 the time of sowing seed in order to secure our 

 fine stock, which has never failed to produce 

 satisfactory crops. Our seed are used in all 

 Southern States where early cabbage is grown. 

 Packets, 5 cents and 10 cents ; ounce, 20 cents: 

 2 ounces, 55 cents; % pound, 5c cents ; pound, 



I \. w Large < barleston Wakefield Cabbage. True American 



grown. It is about five days later than early Jersey Wakefield ; the heads 

 are fully one-half larger, and quite solid. It is very compact in growth 

 and can easily be planted in rows 2 feet apart and 20 inches in the rows. 

 One gTeat advantage, it does not burst open when ripe, like many other 

 early sorts, and consequently can be left standing on the ground a long 

 while without injury until a favorable opportunity for cutting. Packet-., 

 5 cents and 10 cents ; ounce, 15 cents ; 2 ounces, ;o cents; % pound, 50 

 cents : pound - 



NEW LARGE CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD CABBAGE. 



Extra l.arl.N Express Cab- 

 bage.— Suitable for market gar- 

 deners for very early crops. This 

 is the Best Extra Early Cabbage. 

 It is earlier than Wakefield, and 

 perfectly solid. Growers use it for 

 very early shipments, to secure the 

 first prices of the season, when 

 cabbage often brings the highest 

 prices. Most all very early cab- 

 bages make soft heads, but this 

 makes solid heads. Packets, 5 

 cents and 10 cents ; ounce, 15 

 cents; 2 ounces, 25 cents; % pound, 

 40 cents ; pound, $1.25. 



Bolgiano's Early Large 



York. — This is a very valuable 

 early variety, and follows the Ex- 

 press and Etampes in heading. 

 The heads are round, heart-shaped 

 and very firm. Its dwarf growth 

 will permit them being planted 

 closely together, say in rows 1 foot 

 apart, and 8 inches from plant to 

 plant. Packets, 5 cents and 10 

 cents ; ounce, 15 cents ; % pound, 

 40 cents ; pound, $1.25. 



All-Head Early Cabbage. — 



True American grown. For uni- 

 formity, reliability of heading, 

 size, earliness, and quality, it is 

 very superior. Its heads grow so 

 compact and free from spreading 

 leaves that fully 1,000 more heads 

 can be obtained to the acre. Pack- 

 ets, 5 cents and 10 cents ; ounce, 

 20 cents ; 2 ounces, 35 cents ; % 

 pound, 50 cents ; pound, $1.50. 



