SEED GROWERS 17 
Cabbage, Savoy Chieftain 
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SAVOY, CHIEFTAIN (Our Introduction) (All-America Award, 1938.) CAAIN 
88 days. Earlier than standard market varieties of Savoy. Plants 
medium size, short stemmed, and compact. Leaves broad, rounded, 
closely and uniformly savoyed, dark olive green in color. Heads 
medium large, drumhead type, thick, flat, rounded on top, flat 
at base, firm and well folded, with cap leaves well overlapped; 
stands a long time without bursting. Not resistant to fusarium 
yellows. 
Volga CALGA 
85 days. Hardy, heavily productive main crop variety for home 
and market garden. Heads flattened globe-shaped; 9—11 in. 
across, almost as deep; weigh about 10 lbs.; stem short. 
WISCONSIN BALLHEAD (Yellows Resistant) 90 days CACEN 
A desirable new strain which produces excellent crops on soil in- 
fested with “yellows”. Keeps well, is of fine texture, and matures 
slightly earlier than Wisconsin No. 8. 
Wisconsin No. 8 (Yellows Resistant) 90 to 100 days CAATE 
Splendid late cabbage for storage, shipment and kraut manu- 
facture. Strain developed out of Ferry’s Hollander at the Uni- 
versity of Wisconsin; heavy yielder on land infested so badly 
with the yellows disease that other varieties fail completely. 
Plants large and very hardy. The heads are large, globular to 
flattened globe shape, very firm, weigh 7—9 lbs., of excellent 
quality and keep well until spring. 
CHINESE CABBAGE 
Seeds sown out of doors late in July at our Oakview Experimental Gardens near Detroit produce 
firm mature heads in October. The heads keep well in storage for at least two months. 
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CHIHLI 70 days CAHIL 
Early and very sure heading. Head becomes 18—20 in. tall, 
3144—4 in. thick, tapered near tip, very firm, well blanched, crisp, 
tender, and sweet. Superior to Chinese Improved or Pe Tsai. 
Wong Bok 75 days CABOK 
Heads 8—10 in. tall; broad; firm. Well blanched, tender and of 
excellent quality. 
