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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



(Jer. Kopf-Kohl. Fr. Chou Pomme. 



One oz. will produce 2,000 plants, and sow about 40 square feet. 



For Cabbages, the ground must be highly mauured, deeply dug or plowed, and thoroughly worked, to Insure 

 good, full sized heads. If these requirements are met and good seed obtained, there is no difficulty ia obtaining 

 fine solid heads. 



The varieties are numerous, embracing kinds especially adapted for summer, fall and winter use. Our assort- 

 ment includes the leading and most desirable varieties. For early use, sow seeds of the early kinds in hot-bed or box 

 in the house, in February; transplant when the weather will permit. For winter, sow seeds of the winter sorts the 

 middle of May. If early varieties are desired for winter use, sow seed about the first of June. Transplanting should 

 be done on a moist day; if the weather is hot and dry the roots of the plants may be dipped in a puddle of loam and 

 water and transplanted just at evening, giving each plant a pint of water at the root. The early varieties are 

 planted eighteen inches by two feet apart; and the late varieties are transplanted, when about six inches high, at a 

 distance of three feet between the rows, and two feet between the plants. In transplanting they mast be set in the 

 ground up to the first leaf, no matter how long the stem may be. It is therefore important that the plants should 

 stand thinly in the seed-bed, or they will run up weak and slender, and be likely to make long stumps. Shade and 

 water the late sowing in dry weather, to get them up. If the small plants are pestered with the Cabbage flea, a 

 small black beetle, sow soot or ashes over the plants while wet with dew. We can reccommend the " Persian 

 Insect Powder," and the " Slug Shot," as the best remedies against the Cabbage Flea, and Green Worm. 



To preserve Cabbages during the winter, pull them on a dry day, and turn them over on the heads a few hours 

 to drain. For early winter use, store a few in a cool cellar. The main crop will be better kept out of doors, set m 

 a trench closely, head down and covered with straw and earth. 



COLE'S RELIABLE CABBAGE SEED. We can honestly recommend our Cabbage Seed, it is all care- 

 fully grown from selected heads of the very best strains. It is sure to head under circumstances where any Cabbage 

 will head. Market gardeners are very cautious of whom they procure their Cabbage Seed, but our trade increases 

 largely among them every year. 



A treatise, entitled "Cabbage,'' and how to grow them, by mail prepaid for 30 cents. 

 HENDERSON'S SUCCESSION. See Novelties. 



EXTRA EARLY EXPRESS CABBAGE. 



EXTRA EARLY EXPRESS. This new variety is a 

 few days ahead of any other early variety grown. It 

 has grown a head fit for the market in 80 days from 

 sowing of the seed. Has few outside loose leaves, 

 and almost every plant forms a fine head, and can be 

 planted close together. In quality it is tender and of 

 rich flavor; try it. Per pkt., 5 cts., oz., '2.5 eta., ^ lb., 

 75ct8., lb., 13. 



"NEWARK" EARLY FLAT DUTCH. This 

 valuable variety has long been a favorite second early 

 sort with market gardeners. H^ads large, soUd, 

 roundish, or nearly flat ; very tender, fine grained, and 

 of excellent flavor. As well as being excellent for 

 market in summer, is admirably adapted for fall and 

 winter use. Per pkt., 4 cts., oz., 20 cts., 14. lb., 60 cts., 

 lb., S2. 



EARLY WINNINGSTADT. One of the best in 

 cultivation for general u^e. It comes both early and 

 late, is remarkably solid and hard, even in summer, 

 and'keeps well in hot or cold weather. The heads are 

 regularly coni al, exceedingly full, and of excellent 

 quality. Per pkt., 4 cts., oz., 20 cts., H lb., 60 cts., 

 lb.. $2. 



EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. 



EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. Many experi- 

 enced market gardeners consider this the very best: 

 " First Early Cabbage.'' It is certainly deserving of 

 Its great popularity, and is grown for market more ex- 

 tensively than any other early cabbage. It has been 

 our aim to have the very finest strain of so important 

 a variety, and we can recommend our seed as sure to 

 give satisfaction. It beads up remarkably hard and 

 eohd ; having few outside leaves, the plants can be 

 set close together. The heads are of excellent quality 

 and of large size for so early a cabbage. Per. pkt., 

 5 cts.,oz., 20 cts., 14 lb., 65 cts., lb., S2.25. 



ALL SEASONS. A new Drumhead Cabbage, nearly 

 as early and as good as Early Summer, but yielding 

 heads from a third to half as large again. An ex- 

 cellent variety, either for extreme early or fall use ; 

 hence its name "All Seasons.'' In quaUty no cab- 

 bage can surpass it; while in sweetness, tenderness 

 and richness of flavor, it ie very superior, ranking 

 equal to the Ox-heart class. Per pkt., 5 cts., oz., 2b 

 cts., »4 lb., 75 cts., lb., $2.50. 



