D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
BROCOLI =— 
Although originating from a very distinct type, the modern improved sorts of Brocoli — 
can scarcely be distinguished from cauliflower; the points of difference being that they are (> 
generally taller and the heads more divided. By some considered more delicate than the 
cauliflower. The culture is the same as that given for cauliflower. 
.... This is the best variety for our climate. It produces large 
EARLY PURPLE heads, of brownish-purple color, very close and compact, 
CAPE and of excellent flavor. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 50c; 2 Oz. 85ce; % Lb. $1.50; Lb. $5.00. 
.. BRUSSELS SPROUTS... 
The plants, which are very hardy, grow two or three feet high, and produce from the 
sides of the stalk numerous little sprouts which resemble very small cabbages, one or two 
inches in diameter. The leaves should be broken down in the fall, to give the little heads 
more room to grow. They should be treated in all respects like winter cabbage or kale. 
We offer a carefully grown strain, very hardy and giving compact, round sprouts of large 
size and good quality. Pkt. 5¢; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c3 % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 
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 Seed Farm; they are all grown under our personal inspection and supervision. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
There are none more reliable, none that can be more implicitly depended upon to give planters uniformly satisfactory results. 
CULTURE The requisites for complete success are : 
First, good seed; there is no vegetable where 
the seed has more influence on the quality of the product than 
in this, and gardeners should always use the best procurable. 
Second, rich, well prepared ground. Third, frequent and 
thorough cultivation. A heavy, moist and rich loam is most 
suitable, which should be highly manured and worked deep. 
Cabbage is universally grown all over the country, and specific 
directions regarding the time and methods of planting appli- 
cable to all localities cannot be given. In general, north of the 
40th parallel, the early sorts should be sown very early in hot 
beds, hardened off by gradually exposing them to night air, 
and as early as the ground is in good condition, transplanted. 
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 
coid frames if necessary to keep through winter, and setting in 
open ground as early 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. Shade and water the late sowings in dry 
weather to get them up. It is important that the plants 
should not be crowded in the seed bed, or they will run up 
weak and slender, and be likely to make long stems. 
One of the most successful eastern market gardeners 
recommends sowing cabbage for family use as follows: At 
the desired time sow the seed in hills six to twelve seeds in a 
place, and after the plants are of sufficient size thin to a single 
plant to the hill, and cultivate as usual. This is a very simple 
method and in some cases is very successful. 
Cabbages should be hoed every week, and the ground 
stirred as they advance in growth, drawing up a little earth 
to the plant each time until they begin to head, when they 
should be thoroughly cultivated and left to mature. Loosen- 
cellent quality. 
Very EARLY ETAmPEsS CABBAGE. 
2oVeRY EARLY ETAMPES.. 
Similar to the well-known Jersey Wakefield. The plants 
The heads are 
fully as large, not quite so hard, but are of excellent quality. 
are lighter colored, but not quite so hardy. 
Sold also as ‘‘ Earliest of All,’ ‘‘ Wonderful,” ete. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 
Early Jersey Wakefield | 
THE EARLIEST AND HARDEST HEADING 
OF ExTRA EARLY CABBAGES em 
Most gardeners depend upon it for the bulk 
of their extra early crop. Ourstockis grown 
and selected with the greatest care and there 
is none better and few as good. 
conical, very compact, solid and of ex- 
The thick, stout leaves 
and compact habit make it 
THE BEST FOR WINTERING OVER 
AND VERY EARLY SETTING. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c: 2 Oz. 35c; % Lb. 60c; ne 
Lb. $2.00 
ae oe roots will sometimes retard the bursting of full grown 
eads. 
Of late years many crops of early cabbage have been de- 
stroyed by maggots at the roots. The best remedy seems to 
be to remove the earth from around the stem and apply an 
emulsion of kerosene made as follows: Add one quart of kero- 
sene oil to two quarts of boiling soft 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. 
Tobacco dust, ashes, slacked lime and coal dust are all 
recommended as preventatives, and with us have proved 
valuable in the order named. These are scattered about the 
plants, leaving one here and there untreated for the flies to 
congregate around and deposit their eggs upon, when they 
should be pulled up and destroyed. 
The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves and heads 
later, may be killed by dusting with pyrethrum powder. 
If the disease called club root should get a foot-hold, do 
not plant the land with any of the Brassica family for a year 
or two. This is usually an effective remedy. 
To preserve cabbage during the winter, pull them on adry 
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. 
A great many of the varieties of Cabbage are simply strains 
rather than distinct sorts and are practically the same as 
some older and better known kind. We think there is not 
a single variety offered in this country which we have not 
seen both in trial and in fields, and we are confident that every 
good quality can be found in a greater degree in some variety 
in the list we offer than in any kind of different name. 
FIRST EARLY GABBAGES 
Heads 
EarRLy JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGE. 
.- EXTRA EARLY EXPRESS... 
An extra early sort, in which the plants are compact, with 
round, thick leaves, and form an oval head, which is astonish- 
ingly large for the size of the plants. The heads are propor- 
| tionately thicker and less pointed than those of the Jersey 
| Wakefield, and it is only slightly later than that sort. 
| Pkt. 5c; Oz. 1dc; 2 Oz. 25e; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 
