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THELUPTON! 



The GREATEST CABBAGE ever offered the 

 American Cabbage Grower. = 



Planted last year by 20,000 of the best gardeners in America, who all unanimously endorse it as the Beau Ideal Cabbage. 



VTEVER before has the opportunity been given a single seedsman to introduce in one year three such sterling novelties as the Lupton Cabbage, 

 Mclver's Sugar Melon, and the Irish Daisy Potato ; nor has it been the fortune for a seedsman to introduce in one year three varieties that 

 gave such unbounded satisfaction. Every day last fall I was constantly in receipt of heads of Lupton Cabbage, in competition for the 8330.00 

 in cash prizes, that were the admiration of every visitor ; so many large, solid, magnificent heads of cabbage it never having been my fortune or 

 that of any of my visitors to see. As to the superiority of this wonderful Cabbage, I cannot do better than quote from last year's catalogue : 



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ril'RIXG the last ten years, I have, without any exaggeration, tested 

 " at least 300 different varieties of large late cabbage, every one of 

 which was claimed bv the originator to be something superior to any- 

 thing offered. The result-, however, of all these trials has been fully 

 demonstrated in mv catalogue each year by the high endorsement I 

 have alwavs given Surehead, for never until the last year or two have I 

 found a cabbage that would anywheres near approach it. After 

 eighteen vears time, however, I am particularly proud of the fact that I 

 am able to introduce to my friends and the American gardening public 

 generallv a thoroughbred late cabbage that will In every way sur- 

 pass every sort heretofore grown. Thoroughbred is the very best word 

 to use in describing the New Lcptox Cabbage. It has demonstrated 

 itself to be the truest to tvpe, most regular in growth, etc., not only in 

 small test trials, but in field trials embracing every known variety of 

 cabbage, Mr. Lup- 

 ton, the introducer 

 of this Cabbage, is 

 probably the largest 

 individual producer 

 of cabbage seed in 

 the world. For years 

 he has devoted him- 

 self entirely to this 

 business, and annu- 

 ally puts in thou- 

 sands of acres on the 

 eastern end of Long 

 Island, which he 

 grows on contract 

 for the largest houses 

 in the American 

 seed trade. His rep- 

 utation for reliabil- 

 ity and trustworthi- 

 ness has never been 

 questioned, and dur- 

 ing our acquaint- 

 ance of nearly fifteen 

 years, during which 

 time he has grown 

 for me thousands 

 and thousands of 

 pounds of cabbage 

 seed, I have never in 

 all this time received 

 a serious complaint 

 from any seed he has 

 ever sent me, and 

 such is the general 

 verdict of other 

 seedsmen for whom 

 he grows cabbage 

 seed. With such a 

 record, I think Mr. 

 Lupton should know 

 exactly what good 

 cabbage is, and he 

 thinks this new cab- 

 bage so good, that 

 not only has he giv- 

 en me the privilege 

 of introducing, but 

 he has also given 

 me the privilege 

 of naming It after 

 himself. Now, cer- 

 tainly M r. Lupton 

 could not afford to 

 have his name at- 

 tached to any cab- 

 bage that was not 

 exceptionally good, 

 and this one fact 

 should be a sufficient 

 recommendation for every market gardener to give the New Lupton a | 

 trial. In describing this new variety, I can do no better than quote ver- 

 batim from Mr. Lupton's description, which gives the history and the I 

 good points of his new cabbage. 



WHAT MR. LUPTON HAS TO SAY: 

 "In the fall of 18S8, while rogueing a field of Excelsior Flat Dutch, I 

 noticed a fully developed cabbage which especially attracted mv atten- 

 tion, because of its possession of so many desirable features which our 

 experience has taught us are very hard of attainment. In point of ma- 

 turity this plant was several days in advance of any we were able to 

 find in the same field, while it showed no diminution in size. Its growth 

 was particularly strong and vigorous; its color, a dark bluish green, in- 

 dicated robust constitution and healthy development. The leaves were 



broad and well-filled out to their juncture with stem, showing no dis. 

 position to the petioled form. The stem was short, but strong under 

 the head, tapering sharply to the point of entering the ground. The 

 head was a perfect specimen, thick and flat, the outer leaves covering 

 it well across the centre, and while it was large, it had attained siz6 

 without the attendant features of coarseness, which is quite common 

 among all our main crop cabbages, and comes of too strong develop- 

 ment of the veins and ribs. Here certainly was a very desirable cab- 

 bage, and the question at once arose, can these good features be perpet- 

 uated in future generations, and thereby become valuable? With the 

 feeling that it was at least worth the effort, we laid this cabbage care- 

 fully to one side, and the following summer we grew the seed from this 

 single plant, taking care that it should be at a sufficient distance from 

 all others so as to make hybridization an impossibility. From this 



seed we made a sec- 

 ond selection, this 

 time taking four 

 perfect specimens, 

 and growing t he seed 

 as before; this seed 

 was again planted, 

 and from it was se- 

 cured a field of as 

 fine cabbage as the 

 most critical garden- 

 er would care to look 

 upon. In this field, 

 which is the third 

 generation from the 

 original plant, we 

 feel that our object 

 has been secured, 

 and that hereafter 

 the stock will re- 

 quire only such care 

 and attention as all 

 stocks require to 

 make them especial- 

 ly desirable to the 

 farming and garden- 

 ing world. Every 

 practical seedsman 

 Knows that th6 

 strong growing late 

 or main crop cab- 

 bages have never 

 been bred to that 

 perfection of type 

 which we have at- 

 tained in the second 

 early or intermedi- 

 ate sorts. In other 

 words, the tendency 

 to sport or develop 

 undesirable types is 

 more persistent in 

 the cabbages of the 

 strongest growth. In 

 this new cabbage we 

 feel that we have se- 

 cured the perfection 

 of type and reliabil- 

 ity of heading which 

 are the most desir- 

 able features of all 

 cabbages, and with- 

 out the sacrifice of 

 the strong constitu- 

 tion which insures 

 vigorous growth and 

 enables the plant to 

 resist unfavorable 

 conditions. In point 

 of maturity it is 

 about a week in advance of the various strains of Late Flat Dutch. It 

 matures very evenly, is reliable and uniform about heading, is an ex- 

 cellent keeper, and for all purposes of the farmer or market gardener, 

 we believe it will be found the best late main crop cabbage." 



THOSE of my friends who planted Freeman Potatoes in the first years 

 of its introduction made many thousand percent, return. Those of 

 my market gardener friends who planted Prizetaker Onion six or seven 

 years ago have been making money raising these onions five years or 

 more before their competitors knew anything about the onion. Th6 

 same argument will hold good as to the Lupton Cabbage. Plant the 

 Lupton this year, and be three or four years ahead of your friends in 

 having the best cabbage ever put out in America. 



Packet, 15 cts.; half -ounce, 30 cts.; ounce, 50 cts.; quarter-lb., $1.50; lb.,$ 5.00. 



(t^f— r\ t VI C f\ cfl C\c\ If? ' AP Once again I propose to pay out this amount for the prize head of 

 ^ 2t^\J 111 VClbll vyCL* V5* Lupton Cabbage. Last year I divided the prize among the four larg- 



= est and best heads. This vear, however. I have decided to offer it in 

 ONE GRAND PRIZE FOR THE BEST AND LARGEST HEAD RAISED from seed purchased of me this spring, and sent into 

 mv warehouse before October 15th, 1895. Every grower of good cabbage, investing the small amount of 15 

 cents in a packet of this wonderful cabbage, STANDS A CHANCE WITH EVERY ONE ELSE OF 

 SECURING THE $250 PRIZE NEXT OCTOBER. 



This page of my catalogue goes to press before October 15th, when the S-50 In cash prizes, offered In last years book for th» 

 best four heads of Lupton Cabbage, Is awarded; a list of the successful competitors will be found on page 7. 



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