D. M. PERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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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. There is none more 

 reliable, none that can be more implicitly depended upgn to give planters uniformly satisfactory results. 

 CULTURE— The requisites for complete success are: i^irs<, good seed; this plant is largely dependent 

 upon the best seed for its success; no satisfactory results can possibly be obtained from poor stock. Second, nch, well 

 prepared ground. T/itrd. frequent and thorough cultivation. A heavy, rnoist and rich loam is most suitable. It should 

 be highly manured and worked deep. Cabbage is universally grown all over the country, and specific directions regard- 

 ing the time and methods of planting applicable 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 trans- 



glanted as early as the ground is in good condition, setting eighteen to thirty-.six inches apart, according to size of variety. 

 outh 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 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 foi- 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 plants each time until they begin to head, when they should be thoroughly cultivated and left to mature. Loosening 

 the roots will sometimes retard the bursting of full grown heads. 



Of late years many crops of early cabbages have been destroyed 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 ker- 

 osene 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 preventives, and with us have proved valua- 

 ble in the order named. These are scattered about the plants, leaving one here and there untreated for the flies to con- 



gregate around and deposit their eggs upon, when the plants should be pulled up and destroyed. 



The cabbage worrns which destroy the leaves and heads later, may be killed by dusting with pyrethrum powder, slug 



antities, or late in the season, 

 any of the cabbage family for a year 



The last two are poisonous and should not be used in large quantities, or late in the season 

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or two. This is usually an effective remedy 



shot or Paris green. 



If the disease called club root should get 



foot-hold, do not plant the land wi 



To preserve cabbages during winter, puli 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. 



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 do not know of 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 the varieties 

 we offer than in any other kinds. 



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[ARLY 



FIRST EARLY CABBAGES 



|pr|Opi/ |4/)||/FFIFI n "^^^ earliest and hardest heading of extra early cabbages. Most 



II ItJNI I fff rllVI I II I IJ gardeners depend upon it for the bulk of their extra early crop. 



^'■-■■^^■-" ■»'■■■»-■ ■■-■-■-^ (^^j. stock is grown and selected with the greatest care, and there 



is none better, and there are few as good. Heads conical, 



very compact, solid and of excellent quality. The thick, 



stout leaves and compact habit make it the 



best for wintering over and very early set- 



ti^. Pkt. 6f; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. ooc; 



%Lb. $1.00i Lb. $3.0a 



Extra Early Express ^aii/s^ort^ 



in which the plants are compact, with 



i-ound, thick leaves, and form an oval 



head which is astonishingly large 



for the size of the plants. The 



heads are comparatively thicker 



and less pointed than those of the 



feey "Wakefield, and it is only 



htly later than that sort. 



. 5c; Oz. 26c; 2 Oz. 40c: 



h Lb. 7oc; Lb. $2.60 



>^cry Early Etampcs 



Similar to the well-known Jersey 

 Wakefield. The plants are lighter 

 colored, but not quite so hardy. 

 The heads are fully as large, not 

 quite so hard, but" are of excel- 

 lent quality. Sold also as " Ear- 

 liest of All," "Wonderful," etc. 

 . 6c; Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c: 



*i Lb. ;5c; Lb. $2.50 



•^Early Spring 



THE EARLIEST FLAT HEADED VARIETY 



A wonderfully compact plant, with few outer leaves, so 

 that a great number of fine, solid heads can be produced on 

 an acre. Although it does not come to full maturity as 

 early as Jersey Wakefield, it becomes solid enough for use 

 about as early, and is by far the best early soi-t for tiios^ 

 markets that demand a large, rountl or flat cabbage. The 

 plant is vigorous, with short stetn. The leaves are large, 

 broad, and of peculiar light green color. The heads are 

 oval, and very large for the size of the plant, nearly equal- 

 ing those of the later kinds. 



Pkt. 6c; Oz. 36c; 2 Oz. 60c; H Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 



CharlcstcMi, or Large Wakefield ^vakeTew?n 



which the plant is larger, and a little later, the head larger 

 and not so pointed. On account of the fine, solid heads of 

 this variety it is deservedly very popular with market gar- 

 deners and shippers to follow the Jersey Wakefield, which 

 is-only a few days earlier than this splendid variety. 

 f Pkt. 6c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; % Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.00 



FjItIv Yfkrk ^^^^^ small, heart shaped, firm and ten- 

 i^at ly I ui l\ (igj.; of very erect and dwarf habit, so that 

 they may be grown fifteen or eighteen inches apart. 

 ^ Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; % Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 



T^arlv I Sird^ Ynrk Succeeds the Early York. It is of 

 »-<*' ' J ^**' S^ * "' "^ larger size, about ten days later, 

 more robust and bears the heat better. 



Pkt. 6c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 36c; H Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 



