MATS NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BEST FOR ALL CLIMES. 
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NORTHERN GROWN PURE CABBAGE 5EED. 
German — Kopf-Kohl. Spanish — Repollo. 
We take special pleasure in recommend- 
Exercising, as we do, the utmost care in 
stocks, we know that the Cabbage seed 
We do not offer two strains of one variety, 
those who kindly favor us with their 
CABBAGE will thrive on any good corn 
ter they will develop. New land is prefer- 
ly. The early sorts bear planting from 
rows, with the rows from two to two and 
Prices quoted on cabbage seed we 
send by mail postpaid. If wanted by 
express or freight deduct 10 cents 
per pound. By express or freight al- 
ways means purchaser pays the I 
transportation charges. 1 oz. will 
produce 1,500 plants. % lb. to trans- | 
plant one acre. 
Swedish — Kal. French — Choux Pomme 
ing our strains of Cabbage to our patrons, 
the growth and selection of our seed 
which we offer is unsurpassed in quality, 
as we deem the BEST none too good for 
orders. 
land, though the stronger the soil the bet- 
able. Plow deep and manure very liberal- 
eighteen inches to two feet apart in the 
....... a half feet apart, the large varieties to be 
from two to four feet apart in the rows, with rows from two and a half to four feet apart, the distance varying with the size. 
The crop should receive as many as two hoeings and three cultivations. Cabbage will not usually follow cabbage or turnips 
successfully in field culture, unless three or four years have intervened between the crops. 
Cabbages should be hoed every week, and the ground stirred as they advance in growth, drawing up a little earth to the 
plant 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 cabbage have been destroyed by maggots at the roots. The best remedy seems to be to 
remove the earth from around the stem and apply an emulsion of kerosene mad* as follows: Add one quart of kerosene oil to 
two quarts of boiling soft 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. 
Tobacco dust, ashes, slacked lime and coal dust are all recommended as preventives, and with us have proved valuable in the or- 
der named. These are scattered about the plants, leaving one here and there untreated for the flies to congregate around and 
deposit their eggs upon, when they should be pulled up and destroyed. 
The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves and heads later may be killed by dusting with pyrethrum powder. 
If the disease called club root should get a foothold, do not plant the land with any of the Brassica family for a year or 
two. This is usually an effective remedy. 
To preserve cabbage during the winter, pull them on a dry day, and turn them over on their heads a few hours to drain. 
Set them out in a cool cellar or out of doors in long trenches in a dry situation, covering with boards or straw so as to keep 
out frost and rain First Early Cabbages. 
MAY'S EARLY SURPRISE. — -(See cut.) Acknowledged to 
be the largest and finest early cabbage in the world. It comes 
in ten or fifteen days earlier than the Early Summer. It can't 
be beat for shipping and is worth a fortune to gardeners. 
The Early Surprise is unqtiestionably the nearest approach to 
a thoroughbred of any variety ever introduced. More cab- 
bages can be grown to the acre than any other variety we 
know of. Pkt. 10c, 3 for 25c, oz. 35c, % lh. $1.00, lh. $2.50. 
MARKET QUEEN. — (See cut.) The gardener's favorite for 
medium early and late use. It is an early drumhead cabbage, 
yielding heads of an enormous size and of the very best qual- 
ity. In sweetness, tenderness and richness of flavor it sur- 
passes any other variety we have ever tested. Pkt. 10c, 3 
pkts, 25e, ok. 30c, *4 lh. 85c, lb. $2.50. 
MINNESOTA'S EARLIEST.. — (See cut.) A conical shaped, 
hard headed, extra early cabbage that never fails to give 
satisfaction. We have tested all the extra early sorts and 
know that none can equal the Early Surprise or Minnesota's 
Earliest. Will produce good sized marketable heads seventy 
days from time of sowing. Pkt. 10c, oz.25c, % lb. 75c, lb. $2.25. 
One packet each of these 3 excellent varieties for 25c. 
CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD An improved strain of 
Wakefield, heads larger, not so pointed, solid, a few days 
later than Wakefield. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, % lb. 75c, lb. $2.50. 
EXTRA EARLY EXPRESS. — Wonderfully early conical- 
shaped heads. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, % lh. 50c, lb. $1.70. 
JERSEY WAKEFIELD. — One of the best hard heading first 
early. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, % lb. 65c, lb. $2.25. 
EXTRA EARLY ETAMPES — Extremely early and of good 
quality. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, % lb. 50c, lb. $1.50. 
EARLY DWARF YORK — Very early, heads small, not quite 
as large as Jersey Wakefield; very tender and sweet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
15e, % lb. 50c, lb. $1.70. 
FILDER KRAUT. — Somewhat like Winningstadt, but larger, 
much more pointed, highly esteemed for making kraut. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 15c, % lb. 50c, lb. $1.70. 
LARGE EARLY YORK. — A little larger and usually a week 
later than the above. Pkt. 5c, ox. 15c, % lb. 50c, lb. $1.70. 
EARLY WINNINGSTADT. — A sure header, keeps better than 
most early varieties. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 14. lb. 50c, lb. $1.50. 
ALL HEAD. — Heads flat, hard, well folded, deep through, 
most uniform of any sort. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, % lb. 75c, lb. $2.50. 
DEEPHEAD. — Heads large, almost round, very solid, hardy 
and withstands dry weather remarkably. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 14 lb. 
65c, lb. $2.00. 
