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Dreer^s Garden Calendar. 



CABBAGE. 



Chou Pomme, Fr. Repollo, Span. Kopf-Kohl, Gee. 



Eaely Yobk 



Early French Oxheart.... 



Early Sugar Loaf 



Early Little Pixie 



Large Early York 



Early Winnigstadt 



Early Jersey Wakefield 

 Early Flat Brunswick 



Per oz. Per oz. 



... .20 Red Drumhead 40 



... .30 Red Dutch for pickling. . .30 



... .20 Large Late Drumhead 30 



... .25 Large Flat Dutch 30 



... .20 Magdeburg Flat Dutch 30 



... .30 Early Dwarf Ulm Savoy.. .25 



.50 Green Curled Sayoy 20 



.30 Large Drumhead Savoy 20 



The first column contains the early sorts, which may be raised as 

 follows : Sow the seed in well-prepared ground, about the 15th of Sep- 

 tember. When the plants are large enough to transplant, pick them 

 out of the seed bed, into frames. Protect the plants during severe 

 weather, with a covering of boards, observing to give them plenty of 

 air and light during mild weather. Large plants are liable to run to 

 seed, should the winter be mild. Make rather two sowings and select 

 small but stocky plants. They may also be raised by sowing the seed 

 very early in the spi-ing, in hot-beds — afterwards plant out in deep and 

 well-manured ground, in rows two feet apart. 



The autumn and winter sorts, sow in April or early in May, in a 

 moderately shaded border, in shallow drills, three or four inches apart. 



Transplant early in July, in rows thirty inches apart. Cabbage suc- 

 ceeds best in a fresh, rich soil, well manured and deeply dug or plowed. 

 The late plants are subject to attacks of the cabbage fly* destroying them 

 as fast as they appear above ground. Various remedies are recommended 

 for the preservation of the plants, such as sprinkling them with wood- 

 ashes, air-slack lime, plaster, or tobacco, which should be performed 

 early in the morning. 



The Oxheart and Jersey Wakefield varieties are grown largely for the 

 Philadelphia markets, having nearly superseded the York and Sugar 

 Loaf, the former being quite as early* and producing much larger heads, 

 the latter coming in at once after the Oxheart has been cut. The Phila- 

 delphia Flat Dutch and Drumhead are the favorite late varieties. We 

 flatter ourselves on having a pure and superior stock of these sorts. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Chou Fleur, Fr. Coliflor, Span. Blumen Kohl, Gee. 



Per oz. 



Early London $ .75 



Half Early Paris 1.00 



Per oz. 



Large Walcheren S .75 



Large Le Normand * 1.50 



Early Dwarf Erfurt 1.50 J Le Normand Short-stem... 1.50 



Sow for early about the middle of September, in a bed of clean rich 

 earth. Transplant in frames and cover with sashes and shutters during 

 severe weather, giving them light and air every mild day. 



Transplant in 'the spring as soon as the frost leaves the ground into a 

 bed of the richest earth, two and a half feet apart. Keep them well 

 hoed and bring the earth gradually up to their stems. The Cauliflower 

 succeeds best when planted in frames at the close of winter, and brought 

 to maturity before the summer heat sets in. The late variety matures 

 in the autumn, and is sown and managed similarly to Cape Broccoli. 



The Early Dwarf Erfurt and Short-stem Le Normands are grown 

 largely for this market. 



For prices of Cabbage by the pound, see page 45. 



