D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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LONG RED MANGEL WURZEL.-A large, long var- 

 iety, grown for stock feeding. It stands a good deal out of 

 the ground; color light red; flesh white and rose colored. 



D. 31. FERRY & CO'S IMPROVED 3IA3I3IOTH 

 LONG RED MANGEL WIRZEL.-An improvement 

 on the old variety. The roots are uniformly straight and 

 well formed and deeper colored than the common sort. 

 Highly recommended for stock feeding. 



NORBITAN GIANT LONG RED MANGEL WIR- 

 ZEL.- Very large, growing well out of ground. The roots 

 are well formed, straight, smooth and of a fine scarlet color, 

 with comparatively small top and neck. 



YELLOW GLOBE MANGEL WURZEL.-A large, 

 round, orange colored variety, of excellent quality, which 



keeps better than the 

 Long Red, and pro- 

 duces better crops on 

 shallow soil. 



CARTER'S WAR- 

 DEN PRIZE YEL- 

 LOW GLOBE 3IAN 

 GEL WURZEL.-A 

 most excellent, yellow 

 fleshed, globe variety. 

 The tops are small, and 

 the roots, although 

 large, are of excellent 

 quality. Average 

 weight, fifteen to eigh- 

 teen pounds. Highly 

 recommended for shal- 

 low soil. 



YELLOW LEVI- 

 ATHAN MANGEL 

 WURZEL. — Roots 

 long, olive shaped, 

 large, growing over 

 one-half out of the 

 ground, flesh white, 

 sweet and tender: tops 

 bright green, compara- 

 tively small; neck 

 small, short. Owing 

 to the fine flesh never 

 becoming woody, to 

 the small neck and 

 top, and to the roots 

 growing so well out of 

 the ground, making 

 them very easy to 

 harvest, we 'think 

 this is perhaps the best 

 of the yellow field 

 beets. 



YELLOW OVOID 

 31 ANGEL W C R - 

 Z EL.— Root ovoid. 

 intermediate between 

 the long and globe 

 varieties; flesh solid, 

 usually white, zoned 

 with yellow; hardy, vigorous and productive. 



GOLDEN TANKARD MANGEL WURZEL Tops 



comparative!}- small, with yellow stems and midribs; neck 

 very small; roots large, ovoid, but filled out at top and bot- 

 tom so as to approach a cylindrical form. Flesh yellow, 

 zoned with white. A great improvement and worthy of trial 

 on every farm. 



RED GLOBE MANGEL WURZEL.— Similar to Yel- 

 low Globe, except in color, which is a light red or pink. 



BROCOLI, 



French. Chou Brocoli. German. Spar gel- Kohl. 



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 it is generally 

 taller and the heads more divided. By some considered 

 more delicate than the cauliflower. 



Culture.— The same as that given for cauliflower. 



EARLY PURPLE CAPE.— This is the best variety for 

 our climate. It produces large heads, of a brownish-purple 

 color, very close and compact, and of excellent flavor. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS, 



French, Chou de Bruxelles. German, Sprossen~Kohl, 

 The plant grows two or three feet high, and produces from 

 the sides of the stalk numerous little sprouts one or two 

 inches in diameter, resembling cabbages. The leaves should 

 he broken down in the fall, to give the little cabbages more 

 room to grow. 



Culture.— They should be treated in all respects like win- 

 ter cabbage or kale. 



Golden Tankard Mangel Wurzel. 



OKBBKGE. 



French, Choux Pommes. German, Kopfkohl. 



There is no vegetable which is more universally cultivated 

 than this. It is found in the poorest and smallest garden, 

 and it responds so readily to better care that it is also 

 entitled to a place in the finest garden, and merits the atten- 

 tion of the most skillful gardener. 



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 invariably select the best procurable. 



I Second, rich, well prepared ground. Third, frequent and 



thorough cultivation. A heavy, moist and fresh loam is 



most suitable, which should be highly manured and worked 



deep. The early sorts should be sown very early in hot-beds. 



; hardened off by gradually exposing them to night air, and 



\ transplanted to open ground, setting eighteen to twenty-four 



I inches apart as early as possible in the spring. In the South 



! sow from the middle of September to middle of October, and 



transplant into cold frames to keep through winter, setting 



into open ground as early as possible. 



The late autumn and winter varieties may be sown from 

 the middle to the last of spring, and transplanted when 

 about six inches high, three feet 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 stems. In transplanting they must be 

 set in the ground up to the first leaf, no matter how long 

 the stem may be. 



Cabbages should be hoed every week, and the ground 

 [ stirred deeper 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. Loosening the roots will sometimes retard the 

 bursting of full grown heads. 



Of late j-ears many crops of early cabbage have been 

 destroyed by maggots at the roots. The best remedy seems 

 1 to be to remove the earth from around the stem and apply 

 an emulsion of kerosene made as follows: Add one quart 

 of kerosene 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 butter-like substance. Then 

 dilute with five times as much water. 



This remedy has always succeeded in sandy soil, but may 

 not be so effective on clay lands. On such soils we have had 

 good success from surrounding the plants with squares of 

 cloth, cut about six inches square, with a small hole in the 

 center and a slit from this to the edge so that the cloth can 

 be put around the plant. This prevents the fly from laying 

 its eggs. The cloth will need to be held to the ground by a 

 little earth or a few small stones. 



The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves and heads 

 later, may be killed by dusting with pyrethrum powder. 



To preserve cabbage during the winter, pull 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 heads 

 downward, 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 

 or boards, to protect them in severe weather. 



EXTRA EARLY EXPRESS.— This is claimed to be 

 the earliest cabbage in cultivation, and with us heads fit for 

 use are formed earlier than on any other sort. It is similar to 

 the Etampes. but is a little lighter in color and the heads are 

 a little harder. Worthy of trial by those who wish to be 

 first in the market. 



VERY EARLY ETAMPES.— Similar to the well known 

 Jersey Wakefield, but repeated tests both on our grounds 

 and at the various experimental stations have shown that it 

 will produce heads fit for use a little earlier. The plants are 

 ! lighter colored but not quite so hardy. The heads are fully 

 i as large, not quite so pointed, and are of excellent quality, 

 and we recommend it as the best for private gardens and 

 sheltered situations. This variety is often sold under other 

 names, as the " earliest of all," but we assure our customers 

 that they cannot buy a better cabbage of this type than our 

 carefully grown and selected stock of this variety. 



EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD.-Heads very com 

 pact, of medium size, conical. An early, sure heading sort; 

 very popular with market gardeners. Its thick, stout leaves 

 combined with its very compact growth, make it the best for 

 wintering over in cold frames, or for very early setting in the 

 spring. Unfortunately the great demand for this sort has 

 brought upon the market large quantities of coarse and 

 inferior stock, which has tended to diminish the popularity 

 of the sort: but when pure and good stock, such as we offer, 

 is used, it cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction as the best 

 first early cabbage for market gardeners. 



EARLY YORK,— An early variety. Heads small, heart 

 shaped, firm and tender; of very dwarf growth, and may be 

 transplanted fifteen or eighteen inches apart. 



EARLY LARGE YORK. -Succeeds the Early York. 

 It is of large si/.e. about ten days later, more robust and 

 bears the heat better. 



EARLY DWARE FIAT DUTCH.— As early as any 

 large headed round cabbage grown. Stems short: leaves 



