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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD. 





CABBAGE. 



For Cabbage Plants See Inside Back Cover. 



CULTURE. — Cabbage requires a strong-, good soil and should be heavily fertilized 

 or manured and worked in well before transplanting. The best all around commercial 

 fertilizer for Cabbage should contain: Available Phosphoric Acid 7%, Potash 8% and 

 Nitrogen 5%. To raise large Cabbage without good soil and without working the plants 

 well is an impossibility. Cabbage is sown here almost every month of the year, but the 

 seed for the main crop should be sown from July to September. Some sow earlier, but 

 July is time enough. For a succession seed can be sown till November. The main crop 

 for spring should be sown from the end of October to the end of November. The 

 raising of Cabbage for spring has become quite an item of late years. Brunswick 

 should be sown a little earlier than the Early Summer, the latter kind not till 

 November, but in a frame, so the young plants can be protected against cold weather, 

 which we generally have between December and January. After the middle of January 

 setting out can be commenced with. These early varieties of Cabbage require special 

 fertilizing to have them large. Early varieties are sown during the winter and early 

 spring. Cabbage is a very important crop, and one of the best paying for the market 

 gardener. It requires more work and attention than most people are willing to give to 

 raise Cabbage plants during the months of July and August. We have found, by careful 

 observation, that plants raised in August are the surest to head here. The most suc- 

 cessful gardeners sow the seeds thinly in seed beds, and water several times during 

 the day; in fact, the seed bed is never allowed to get dry from the sowing of the 

 seed till large enough to transplant. There is no danger in doing this of scalding 

 the plants, as many would suppose; but, on the contrary, the plants thrive well, and so 

 treated will be less liable to be attacked by cabbage flies, as they are too often disturbed 

 during the day. Tobacco dust and "Corona Dry" scattered on the plants and in the 

 walks between the beds is a sure preventive against insects. One ounce to 3,000 plants; 

 5 ounces to the acre. Requires 90 to 120 days to mature. 



Early Drumhead 



EARLY DRUMHEAD.- 

 to Early Flat Dutch; 

 making as many leaves, 

 close. A good early 

 Packet, 5c. and 10c; oz. 

 lb. $4.50, postpaid. 



-A similar variety 

 earlier, and not 

 it can be planted 

 Spring cabbage. 

 50c; 14 lb. $1.50; 



Potler's Brunswick 



POTLEE'S SHORT STEM BRUNSWICK:. 



— A rapid grower; large, solid heads and 

 few outside leaves; planted early it is ready 

 for use in July; planted late it is a choice 

 flat, thick of good quality. Packet, 5c and 

 10c; oz. 50c; */4 lb. $1.50; lb. $4.50, post- 

 paid. 



