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FERRY & GO'S 



Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead. 



Improved American Savoy. — Closely approaching 

 the Cauliflower in delicacy and delicious flavor. The 

 best of all the Savoys for general market or home use. 

 It has a short stump, grows to a large size, is compact 

 and solid, and a sure header. 



The late autumn and winter varieties may 

 be sown in a seed bed, from the middle to the 

 last of spring, and transplanted when about six 

 inches high, to twenty-eight inches apart each 

 way. Shade and water the late sowings^ in dry 

 weather to get them up. It is 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 



Cabbages should be hoed every week and 

 the ground stirred deeper as they advance in 

 growth, drawing up a little earth to the plants 

 each time, until they begin to head, when they 

 should be well dug between and hilled up 

 After they are partly headed, it is the practice 

 of some gardeners to lay them over on one side- 

 Loosening the roots will sometimes retard the 

 bursting of full-grown heads. 



To preserve cabbages during the winter pull 



.Quintal Drumhead. 



Drumhead Savoy. — Grows to a large size, and heads 

 nearly round, a little flattened on the top ; color dark 

 green. 



Early Dwarf Dim Savoy. 



Culture. — For cabbages, the ground must be highly 

 manured, deeply dug or plowed, and thoroughly worked 

 to insure good, full-sized heads. A heavy, moist and 

 fresh loam is most suitable. The early sorts should be 

 sown very early, in hot-beds, and transplanted early in 

 the spring. In the milder climate of the Southern 

 States it is better to sow the seed of the early sorts in 

 open ground from middle of September to middle of 

 October, and abput the middle of November transplant 

 to cold frames, where they are preserved through the 

 winter, and set out early in the spring. Eighteen inches 

 to two feet apart is the common distance. In trans- 

 planting, they inust be set in the grotind zip to the first 

 leaf^ no matter long the stem jnay be. 



Green Globe Savoy. 



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, with the head downwards in long trenches, 

 in a dry situation. In the middle States bury the head 

 and part of the stump in the open ground, and place 

 over them a light covering of straw and boards, to protect 

 them in severe weather. 



CARROT. 



Fr. Carotte. — Ger. Moehren. 

 The Carrot, in its cultivated state, is generally served 

 at table boiled with meats ; it also makes an excellent 

 ingredient for soups. As an agricultural root, it is not 

 surpassed for feeding cattle and horses. 



Earliest Short Horn (for forcing.) — The earliest 

 jo. jt' jS'^ P variety in culti- 



■^^.'^1^ vation; used 



mostly by mar- 

 ket gardeners for 

 forcing. Is small 

 but of excellent 

 quality. 



Early Scarlet 

 Horn. — This is 

 the best early 

 variety. It is 

 shorter than 

 most of the other 

 sorts, and the 

 root terminates 

 abruptly, giving 

 it a blunt appearance ; color deep 

 orange ; fine grained, and agreeably 

 flavored ; top small. It is best for table use, and will 

 grow well on shallow soil. Sow six inches apart, in 

 fourteen-inch drills. 



Danvers. — Originated in Danvers, Mass. (as did the 

 Danvers Onion), where they raise from 20 to 30 tons 

 per acre. It is of medium length, rich, dark orange in 



Earliest Short 

 Horn, for 

 Forcing 



Eai-ly Scarlet 

 Horn. 



