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Laheview Seed farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
CJ-reg-ory's Deep Head— This seems to be a very fine strain of 
Fottler's Brunswick, with heads thicker or deeper than most 
other strains, making it a valuable cabbage to keep over win- 
ter. Early and reliable to head. Per packet, 10 cents ; oz., 25 
cents ; lb., $2.50. 
Excelsior Flat Dutch — The best of the large flat Drumheads; 
short stem, heads large and very solid ; somewhat later than 
Fottler's Brunswick, and should be set ten days or two weeks 
earlier; it must have a strong rich soil to make solid, heads. 
Per packet, 10 cents ; oz., 30 cents ; lb., $3.00. 
Marblehead Mammoth — A very large flat head cabbage* 
On good soil the largest cabbage grown. Per packet, 10 cents 5 
oz., 30 cents ; lb., $3.00. 
^Perfection Drumhead Savoj — An improved variety of the 
Savoy cabbages, which are considered the most delicate of 
cabbages, possessing somewhat the richness of the Cauliflower. 
Per packet, JO cents ; oz., 25 cents ; lb., $2.50. 
Early Blood Red— Early, heads rather small but solid ; one 
of the best red cabbages. Per packet, 10 cents; oz.,30 cents; 
lb., $3.00. 
Large Late Blood Red— Grows larger than the above, but 
later; fine for pickling. Per packet, 5 cents; oz., 20 cents ; 
lb., $2.00. 
CAULIFLOWER. 
Quarter and half ounces at ounce rates. 
This is one of my 
principal market 
crops. During the past 
two years I have test- 
ed over thirty varie- 
ties of Cauliflowers. 
Many of the varieties 
were almost worth- 
less, and it is useless 
to attempt to grow 
them with any profit. 
I offer only such va- 
rieties as I have found 
reliable. Cauliflowers 
•do the best on low, 
moist land, as they require plenty of water. Very intie can be 
done in heading Cauliflowers during the hot weather of the sum- 
mer. They do the best during the cool weather of the late 
autumn. They delight in a rich soil. The cultivation is the same 
as for cabbages. 
For an early crop the plants must be raised under glass. For 
a late crop sow the seed and transplant the same as winter cab- 
bage. I set the plants from the 20th of June to the 10th of July. 
To protect the young plants in the seed bed from the black fly, 
dust them over lightly, just as they are coming up, with fine, 
air-slacked lime or soot, as recommended for cabbages. As soon 
as the heads of the cauliflower begin to form, cover them with a 
loose leaf, or tie a few leaves over the head to protect them from 
the sun ; otherwise they will turn a brown color, which spoils 
their appearance. 
Henderson's Early Snowball— My seed of this variety is 
the true Snowball, and not any of the cheap imitations of this 
celebrated cauliflower. I have grown it for years and have 
always found it reliable to head. It never fails ; almost every 
plant will produce a solid head ; growth upright and can be set 
3x1^ feet. It has the additional merit of protecting, by its inner 
leaves, the head from the sua, which few cauliflowers do. Per 
packet, 35 cents ; oz., $4.00. 
Erfurt, Very Dwarf; Small Leaved— This is much like the 
above and considered by some seedsmen to be the same as the 
Snowball. Very reliable to head. Would be a valuable variety 
for forcing for the early market ; the growth of the leaves is 
smaller than other cauliflowers. Per packet, 30 cents ; oz., $3.50. 
Batzke's Erfurt— I have grown this cauliflower the past two 
years and consider it one of the finest of the Erfurts. Heads are 
large and very solid. Per packet, 40 cents ; oz., $5.00. 
