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D. M. FERRY k GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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 Stock Seed Farm; they are all grown under our personal in- 

 spection and supervision. We believe there is no seed that is more reliable, nor any that can be more implicitly depended 

 upon to give planters uniformly satisfactory results. 



The requisites for complete success with cabbage are: First, good seed. In this crop the quality of the seed used is of the 

 greatest importance. No satisfactory results can possibly be obtained when poor seed is planted. Second, rich, well prepared 

 ground. A heavy, moist and rich loam is most suitable. Third, frequent and thorougli cultivation. The ground should be highly 

 manured and worked deep. Cabbage is grown all over the country and specific directions regarding 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 hotbeds, hardened off by gradually exposing them to the night air and transplanted as early as the ground is in good 

 condition, 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 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. If the weather and soil are dry the late sowings should be shaded and watered in order to hasten germination, but 

 it is important that the plants should not be shaded or crowded in the seed-bed, or they will run up weak and slender and will not 

 endure transplanting well. 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. An effective remedy seems to be to 

 remove the earth carefully from around the stem so as to form a funnel-shaped cup and apply Zenoleuui, Sanax Dip, or some 

 similar preparation, diluted at the rate of one part to eighty parts of water. Apply one pint to a plant. A well known remedy is 

 to apply an emulsion of kerosene which may be made as follows: Add one quart of kerosene oil to two quarts of boiling fish oil 

 soap (whale oil soap), soft soap or any cheap 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 and apply once a week. A pre- 

 ventive for maggots is to spray on forcibly a carbolic acid 

 emulsion diluted with thirty parts of water, applied the 

 day after the cabbage plants are transplanted, and re- 

 peated several times at intervals of a week. 



The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves and 

 heads later may be killed by dusting with pyrethrum 

 powder, slug shot or Paris green. The last two are 

 poisonous and should not be used in large quantities, or 

 late in the season; however, should their use be necessary, 

 care should be taken to remove the outside leaves befoi-e 

 the heads are used. If the disease called club-root should 

 get a foothold, do not plant the land with any of the 

 cabbage family for a year or two. This is usually an 

 etf ective remedy. 



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 are confident 

 that every good quality can be found in a greater degree 

 in the varieties we offer than in any otherjkinds. 



FIRST EARLY SORTS 



I-.! f xxrir'iJ This most excellent 



Early Jersey Wakeheld variety is the earliest 



and surest heading of first early cabbages for the 

 market and home garden. Most gardeners depend upon 

 it for the bulk of their extra early crop. The plants are 

 exceedingly hardy, not only in resisting cold but other 

 unfavorable conditions. They are compact and erect or 

 very shghtly spreading, with few outer leaves, which are 

 smooth, thick, nearly oval and deep green. The stem is 

 short. The heads are of medium size, very solid, uni- 

 formly pointed and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c; 

 Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; 14 Lb. 90c; Lb. $3.00 Early Jersey Wakefield 



Copenhagen Market large round- 

 headed cabbage yet introduced. The heads 

 ^^ are exceptionally large for so early a va- 



riety, very solid and of most excellent 

 quality. The plants are vigorous but com- 

 pact, Avith short stem and few outer leaves 

 which are of rather upright growth. The 

 leaves are medium light green, nearly round, 

 comparatively thick and smooth. This is a 

 most excellent sort, both for the home garden 

 K and market gardening trade. Our strain pro- 



^ . duces the characteristic large, round heads 



' * that for solidity and excellent quality make 



this variety so valuable. {See further de- 

 scripiion, page 3) Pkt. 10c; Oz. 60c; 

 2 Oz. $1.00; 1/4 Lb. $1.75; Lb. $6.00 



Charleston or Large which the plant 



\KT^h-e^^\a\A is larger and a little later than 

 VVaKeneia -^^^ly Jersey Wakefield, the 

 head being fully as solid but less pointed and 

 considerably larger. The leaves are i-ather 

 large, smooth and comparatively thick. Its 

 exceeding hardiness, earliness and size of 

 head have made it with market gardeners 

 and shippers a popular sort to follow Jersey 

 Wakefield. The plants are medium sized, 

 very vigorous and slightly spreading. The 

 : heads are blunt pointed but very broad at 



__l the base. Our stock can be depended upon 



to produce uniformly fine, marketable 

 heads. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; 

 Copenhagen Market Va. Lb. 90c; Lb. $3.00 



