MARKETING CABBAGE. 3 
ball are the best known. The domestic type does not keep so well 
as the Danish and is seldom put into storage. It is mostly marketed 
from the field before December and is the kind used for kraut. 
The Danish is a good keeper, and most of the storage cabbage is of 
this type. The late commercial crop is divided almost equally be- 
tween domestic and Danish types (fig. 2.) 
Fig. 1.— Hamper of No. 1 Florida pointed type cabbag< 
Intermediate or mid-season cabbage is harvested midway between 
the early and the late and comprises most of the crop which comes 
on the market between June and September. In a general way mid- 
season cabbage may be included with the late crop although numerous 
early varieties are grown. In fact, it is impossible to draw a very 
definite line of distinction between early and late cabbage, especially 
that grown in mid season. 
Fig. 2. — Danish and domestic types (cross sections); domestic in center. 
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION. 
The commercial supply of cabbage is about 850,000 tons, or 
68,000 carloads annually. It may be divided into three parts: 
(1) Car-lot shipments, which average about 31,000 cars, a little less 
than half of the total; (2) cabbage for kraut, which equals about 
