CABBAGE. 
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Landi-eths' All the Year ' Round.— Ten days later than the Reedland Earlv Drum 
head. No Cabbage offered as an All-seasons Cabbage is superior to this, being acimirably 
adapted for Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter. Without respect to habit or quality, it is 
the hardiest of Cabbages grown under the variable climatic conditions of Maine, Minnesota, 
Carolina, Florida, Mississippi or Kansas, being capable, either voung or old, of resisting 
a greater amount of frost than any other, while under the heat'and drought of Summer it 
stands unflagging. Its character is' indicated by its leaves, which are dark blue, thick and 
leathery. The head solid, sweet, large, flat. The stem short and sturdy. The seed of this 
sort may be sown .succes.sivelv and continuously in anv locality during all periods when 
Cabbage is drille.d. Its name indicates its quality as an all-round or all-seasons sort. Sold in 
sealed packa'jes onh-. See priced-list in back of this catalopiie. 
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Market Gardeners' Large Late Flat Dutch.— For a large, heavy, hard, smcoth- 
leaved, late ripening Cabbage, no strain is superior and few equal to this. The leaves are 
feathered to the stalk, slightly fluted or twisted on the outer edges. Color, a clear green with 
a gray or ashy shade under certain lights. When fro.st strikes the outer leaves they often 
become dashed on the margin with faint tones of red and purple, which color sometimes runs 
into the vein work of the outer leaves, but does notaffect those forming the head. Thehend 
is thick, broad, solid and slightly rounded on the top, though the variety is what is termed a 
flat head. The leaves extend well over the centre line of the head and (bid down alternately, 
The Ilt.ustratiox of the Four He.^ds in Comparison, are of the 
First Four Sorts Named. 
tightly, forming a compact head. The natural habit of the seedling plants is to develop thick 
short,' stocky stems, but this quality is affected by the system of growth, for if the seedlings 
are crowded in the bed or grown among weeds^ or urfder the shade of a house, fence or 
tree, they reach upward for air and light, the result being the development of long slim 
stalks, which bad form of plants cannot be corrected by any subsequent culture. The seed is 
worth twice the money asked forit. Itis grown upon our own farms, under our own personal 
daily oversight, and the strain carefully selected to meet the most critical demand. See 
priced-list in back of this catalogue. 
