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FERRY &i GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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 Stock Seed Farm; they ai-e 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 i-equisites 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 ofT 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, draw- 

 ing up a little earth to the plants each time until they 

 begin to head, when they should be thoroughly cultivated 

 and left to mature. L(ii)sening 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 

 Zenoleutu. Sauax Dip. or some similar preparation, 

 diluted at the r:ite of nne part to eighty parts of water. 

 Apply one pint to a plant. A well known remedy is to 

 apply au emulsion of kerosene which may be made as 

 follows: Add one quart of kerosene oil to two quarts of 

 boiling fi.sh 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 wdth five times as 

 much water and apply once a week. A preventive 

 for maggots is to spray on forcibly a carbolic acid 

 emulsion diluted with thirty ]3arts of water, applied the 

 day after the cabbage plants are transplanted, and I'e- 

 peated sevei'al 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 poisoHOus and 

 should not be used in large quantities, or late in the season; however, should iheir use be necessary, care should be taken to 

 remove the outside leaves before 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 etfective 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 gi—'— -^ -- ■'" +i-" -""- 

 offer than in any other kinds. 



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Jersey Wakefield 



ter degree in the varieties we 



Charleston o,^ Large Wakefield 



FIRST EARLY SORTS 



--,, -g txrii**lJ This most excellent 



Lariy Jersey Wakerield variety is the earliest 



and surest heading of first early cabbages foi- the market 

 and home garden. 3Iost gardeners depend upon it for the 

 bulk of their extra early crop. The plants are exceedingly 

 hardv. not only in resisting cold but other unfavorable 

 conditions. Thev are compact and erect or very slightly 

 spreading, with few outer leaves, which are smooth, thick, 

 nearly oval find deep green. The stem is short. The heads 

 are of meduim size, very solid, uniformly pointed and of 

 excellent quality. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; V4 Lb. 

 90c; Lb. $3.00 

 ^^ , n/i J R. The earliest large round- 



Copenhagen Market headed cabbage yet intro- 

 duced. The heads are exceptionally large for so early a 

 variety, very solid and of most excellent quality. The 

 plants are vigorous but compact, with short stem and few 

 outer leaves which are of rather upright growth. The 

 leaves are medium light green, nearly round, compara- 

 tivelv thick and smooth. This is a most excellent sort, 

 both'f or the home garden and market gardening trade. 

 Our strain produces the characteristic large, round heads 

 that for solidity and excellent quality make this variety 

 so valuable. (See further description, jiage G) Pkt. 10c; 

 Oz. 50c; 2 Oz. 85c; V4 Lb. $1.40; Lb. $5.00 



Charleston or Large Wakefield which the 



plant is larger and a little later than Early Jersey Wake- 

 field, the head being fully as solid but less pointed and 

 considerably larger. The leaves are rather large, smooth 

 and comparatively thick. Its exceeding hardiness, easi- 

 ness 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 the base. Our stock can be depended upon to produce 

 unifoi-mly fine, marketable heads. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 

 2 Oz. 55c; 1/4 Lb. 90c; Lb. $3.00 



