D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



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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 Oakvievv 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 neavy, moist and rich loam is most suitable. Third, frequent and thorough 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 Zenoleuni, 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 preventive 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 repeated 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 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 

 effective remedy. 



FIRST EARLY SORTS 



Ei | yt r i (• l j This most excellent variety is the earliest and surest heading of first early cabbages for the 



arly Jersey WakerielCl 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 slightly 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, uniformly pointed and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; 

 >/4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 

 ft. I j » This strain of Copenhagen Market has been selected to produce an earlier and somewhat smaller head and 



ViOlden Acre more compact plant than the parent type. Where extreme earliness is the prime consideration this char- 

 acteristic will commend it particularly to the market grower and shipper.1 



The heads are round, solid and of excellent quality. The plants are compact with few outer leaves. The leaves are thick and 

 smooth and of medium light green color. 



Our strain of this variety is of superior quality in earliness and uniformity of size, shape, and time of maturity. Pkt. 10c; 

 Oz. 85c; 2 Oz. $1.35; Vi Lb. $2.25; Lb. $8.00 

 f. l ft/I 1 *. The earliest large round-headed cabbage yet introduced. The heads are exceptionally large for 



^Opennagen IVlarRet so early a variety, very solid and of most excellent quality. The plants are vigorous but com- 

 pact, with 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 and market gardening trade. 

 Our strain produces the characteristic large, round heads that for solidity and excellent quality make this variety so valuable. 

 Pkt. 10c; Oz. 75c; 2 Oz. $1.25; Vi Lb. $2.00; Lb. $7.00 

 /~ii 1 - I iir i £• u A strain in which the plant is larger and a little later than Early Jersey 



Charleston Or Large W aketield Wakefield, the head being fully as solid but less pointed and considerably larger. 

 The leaves are rather large, smooth and comapratively 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 the base. Our stock can be depended upon to produce 

 uniformly fine, marketable heads. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; Vi Lb. 90c; Lb. $3.00 



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