90 VEGETABLE SEEDS— (Continued.) 
State Nursery and Seed Co. 
For Prices on all Vegetable Seeds not quoted — see 
Red Insert — page 96 
SWISS CHARD 
Gen. — Briskohl. 
Seaiul.— Bladbed. 
SWISS CHARD— 
(Op Sea Kale Beet) 
Although little 
known in Amer- 
ica, this vegetable 
is worthy of a 
place in every 
garden. The leaf 
and the leaf stem 
are the parts used 
and they are 
nnich superior to 
those of other 
beets to use as 
greens. Later in 
the season the 
broad, flat beau- 
tiful wax -like 
leaf stems are 
cooked as a salad 
or pickled. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Gep. — Ro.senkohl. 
Seand. — Rosenkaal. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS— Species of 
cabbage; cultivation the same. 
One ounce will grow a bed of 
'lO square feet and produce 
about 3,000 plants. This is a 
deliciious vegetable, superior to 
either Broccoli or Spinach. The 
cabbage-tike heads which 
grow upon the stem are much 
improved by a moderate frost. 
Sow in hotbeds in March or 
April, and in the open ground 
in May; cultivate same as 
Broccoli; 
Improved Half Dwarf— Pkl., 5c; 
oz., fiOc; '4 lb $1.75 
.'\n improved variety growing 
about 20 inches high; produces 
sprouts in abundance, cut out 
head of plant when sprouts 
hiavc fiirmed. 
CABBAGE 
One ounce will produce 3000 plants; one-quarter pound 
will produce plants for one acre. 
The soil should be deep and rich. For early crop grow 
plants in hot beds, transplanting to cold frames and then 
as early as possible after danger of freezing to the open 
ground. Cultivate often and keep well watered if under 
irrigation. For late crops sow seed in open ground and 
transplant, or some succeed finely by sowing seeds in hills 
where wanted and thinning to one. This avoids the neces- 
sity of waiting for a damp time to transplant. 
EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 
For Prices See Red Insert— Pane 88. 
Early Jersey Wakefield — This has been for many years 
the leadin'g early Cabbage in America. The main diffi- 
culty has been to get a perfectly satisfactory and peliable 
strain of seed. Buyers will find Early Jersey Wakefield 
the genuine article. It has few outer leaves, and in 
compactness and regularity cannot be surpassed. The 
thick stout leaves and compact habit make it the best 
sort for very early setling. It fn'qnently matures inside 
■of 100 days from sowing. 
Cabbage (Early Winningstadt.) 
Early Winningstadt — This is another old and famous type 
of early Cabbage but as in the case of Wakefield, the 
main difficulty is to get a straiti of seed representing 
the highest grade of excellence. Such a strain will be 
found in our Winningstadl . It is almost as early as 
Wakefield. It is a sure tu>ader, even where other sorts 
may fail and seems to be less liable to the attacks of 
Cabbage worm that many other varieties. 
Cabbage (Copenhagen Market.) 
Copenhagen .Market — A new early variety, wh'ch will be 
very popular with market gardeners. It is the finest 
large, rounil-headed early Cabbage in cullivation. It is 
further desirable on account of the remiarkablc charac- 
teristic of maturing the heads all at the same lime, en- 
abling ithe grower to gather his crop with less expense 
and permitting the cleaning of the land at the first 
cutting. The heads average about ten pounds each in 
weight, are hard and solid with small core. The qual- 
ity is extra fine and sweet. It matures as early as the 
Wakefield and will yield more to the acre in weight. 
It is a short-stemmed variety, the heads newly resting 
on the ground. The leaves ai'e light gi'een, rather small, 
saucer shiap'Pd and lightly folded, making it possible to 
set them close together in the field. 
Exlra Early Express — This variety has produced fair-sized 
marketable heads in 80 days from the sowing of the seed. 
There 'ni'e few loose lenves and almost every plant forms 
a head. It can be planted close and yields a large crop. 
SECOND EARLY VARIETIES. 
Glory ()f Enkliiii/en — The earliest and largest while Cab- 
bage — attract i\e for rnai'ket purposes. Solid with liarge 
ball shaped lieads thin-i'ibbed and hard, few outside 
leaves: exceedingly lender. Is a dwarf and cnirnpnct 
grower: allowing close planting: will yield more Ions 
per acre than any other variety. 
