CABBAGE 
CULTURE ^he rec l u,s * tcs f° r complete success are. First. 
good seed; this plant is largely dependent upon 
the best seed for its success; no satisfactory results can be obtained 
from poor stock. Second , rich, well prepared ground. Third , frequent 
and thorough cultivation. A heavy, moist and rich loam, is suitable. 
It should be highly manured and worked deep. Early varieties should 
be started in hot beds. Late autumn and winter varieties mav be 
sown outside. Loosening the roots will sometimes retard the burst 
ing of full grown heads. 
For maggots the best remedy seems to be to remove the earth 
from around the stem and apply an emulsion of kerosene (coal oil), 
made as follows: hard soap, ^ lb.; water, 1 gal.: Kerosene, 2 gals. 
Dissolve the soap in hot water and while hot add the oil. 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 arc all recom- 
mended as preventatives, and with us have proved valuable in the 
order 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 the plants should be pulled up and destroyed. 
The cabbage worm which destroy the leaves and heads later, may 
be killed by dusting with pyrethrum powder. 
If the disease called club root should get a foot hold, do not plant 
the land with any of the cabbage family for a year or two. This is 
usually an effective remedy. 
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD 
Early Summer JMSSpf 
growing with numerous, rather spreading outer leaves. 
The head is of medium size, round, somewhat flattened 
and keeps longer without bursting than most of the early 
sorts. Valuable for the home garden and market, and 
well adapted for kraut. 
Improved Savoy gggg 
home use or the market. Plants vigorous, densely 
crumpled and very sure heading. The heads are larger, 
more solid and better than the sorts offered as Perfection. 
Green Globe or Drumhead Savoy. 
Premium Late Flat Dutch 
We have taken great pains to maintain and develop 
the good qualities which have made this sort so 
popular and offer a very superior strain. A thousand 
plants can be depended upon to produce from nine 
hundred and fifty to a thousand large, oval, solid 
heads of splendid quality, which will keep in the best 
condition, a long time. 
Monroe Co., N. Y. 
I wish to thank you for the prize money 
I received. I was very much surprised as I 
did not look for it, although I never saw a 
better piece of cabbage. 
Signed, Andrew Brogan. 
Early Jersey Wakefield tSKSssS 
pend upon it for the bulk of their extra early crop. Its exceeding hardiness not only to 
resist cold but other unfavorable conditions, insures the greatest likelihood of profitable 
and satisfactory results. Our stock is grown and selected with the greatest care; there 
is none better and there are few as good. Plant compact and erect or very slightly 
spreading, with few outer leaves, which are smooth, thick, nearly oval and light green. 
Stem short. Heads medium size, very solid, uniformly pointed and of excellent quality. 
The habit of growth. and hardiness make it most desirable for early planting. 
I find that your Garden Seeds grow better than I can 
get elsewhere. People around here have begun to see that 
your Garden Seeds grow where others fail. 
F. H. Chapman, Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
Second Early or Summer Cabbage 
Early Winnigstadt 
One of the best medium early for 
general use, being very hardy and sure 
- — to head, forming a hard head when 
most sorts fail. Those who have failed with other kinds can hope to succeed with this. 
It seems to suffer less from the cabbage worm than any other sort. Plant very compact, 
with short, thick leaves. Heads regular, conical, very hard, and keep well both summer 
and winter. 
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