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MAY'S NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BEST FOR ALL CLIMES. 
Obrmai> ■^lof-Kol)!. French— CJhoux Pomme. Swbdish— Eal. SPANiSH^RepoUo. 
We take specia. pleasure in recommending our strains of Cabbage to our patrons. Exercising, as we do, the utmost care in th« 
growth and selection of our seed stocks, we know that the Cabbage seed which we offer is unsurpassed in quality. We do not offar 
two strains of one variety, as we deem the BEST none to good for those who kindly favor us with their orders. 
Cabbage will thrive on any good corn land, though tlie stronijer the soil the better they will develop. New land is preferable. Plow deep and 
manure verv liberally. The early sorts bear planting from eighteen inches to two feet apart in the rows, with the rows from two to two and 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 ho<angs and three cultivations. Cabbage will not usually follow caboage or turnips succesrfully In 
field culture, unless three or four years have intervened l>etween the crops. 
One of the most successful market gardeners recommends .sowing calnja^e for family use as follows : At the desired time sow the seed in hills, six to 
twelve seeds in a place, and after the plants are of sufficient size thin to a single plant to the hill, and culti\'ate as usual. This is a very simple method 
and in some cases is very .succes-sful. 
Cabbages should \x 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 cultivate*! and left to mature. Loosening the roots will sometimes retard the bursting of full grown heads. 
Of late years many crops of earl^ cabbage have been destroyed by maggots at the roots. The best remedy seems to bo to remove the earth from 
around the" stem and apply an emulsion of kerosene made as follows : Add one quart of kerosene oil to two quarts of boilinti soft soap which has been 
thinned to the consistency of cream. Stir the oil thoroughly by churning or other methtxi until it has united with the soap and forms a creara-lilw 
substance. Then dilute with five times as much water. Tobacco dust, ashes, slacked lime and coal diLst are all recommended as preventatives, and 
with us have proved valuable in the order named. These are scattert^d about the plants, leaving one here and there untreated for tne flies to congre- 
gate around and deposit their eggs upon, when they should be pulled up and destroyed. 
The cal>bage worms which destroy the leaves and heads later may be kille<l by dusting with pyrethrum powder. 
If the disease called club root should get a foothold, do not plant the land ^vitn any of the Brassica family for a year or two. This is usually an 
ofiPective remedy. 
To preserve cabbage during the wint«r, 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 ketip c ut frost and rain. 
1 oz. will produce 1500 plants. 
'A lb. to transplant 1 acre. 
Mair'c Pa»-1»; Qiin<-ic<^ (See cut.) Acknowledged to be the largest and finest early cabljage in the world. It comes in ten or fifteen days 
* •-<**• >J OUpi 1»C. earlier than the early summer. It can't be beat for sliipping and is worth a fortune to gardeners. The Early 
Suprise is unquestionably the nearest approach to a thoroughbred of any variety ever introduced. More cabljages can be grown to the acre than any 
other variety wo know of. Pkt. lOc, 3 for 25c, 02. 35c, Jii lb. SI. 00, lb. S3. 00, postpaid. 
n a fLro+ Oi ip>c>n (See Cut.) The gardeners' favorite for medium early and Ute use. It is an early drumhead cabbage yielding heads of an 
1 Idl IVC I. VfUCCll . enormous size and of the very lx;st quaUty. In sweetness, tenderness and richness of fiavor it surpasses any other vsnety 
we have ever tested. Pkt. lOc, 3 pkts. 25c, oz. 30c, % lb. 85c, lb. $3.00, postpaid. 
ninnesota's Earliest. 
tested all the extra early sorts and know that none can equal the Early Suprise or Minnesota's Earliest. Will 
produce good sized niarket«l>le heads .seventy days from time of sowing. Pkt. lOc, oz. 25c, lb. 75c, lb. $2.75, postpaid. 
One packet each of these 3 excellent varieties for 25c. 
