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freezing weather. A system of grouping suggested by 
C. L. Allen is the most valuable. (“Cabbage, Cauliflower 
and Allied Vegetables,” p. 54.) The names of certain 
well-known and usually old varieties are used to indi- 
cate the groups, as (1) Wakefield and Winningstadt 
Group, (2) hlat Dutch or Drumhead Group, (3) Savoy 
Group, (4) Red Cabbage Group, (5) Danish Ballhead 
Group, (6) Alpha Group. (7) The Volga group, which 
is not included in the Allen grouping, is here added. 
FIG. 66. A FIELD OF JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGE 
338. Wakefield and Winningstadt Group. — Jersey 
Wakefield is an old English variety introduced on Long 
Island about 50 years ago. In 1886, Peter Henderson 
wrote, “It is universally considered the best early cab- 
bage in cultivation.” C. L. Allen, writing probably 15 
years later, stated, “It has no superior.” Practically 
all of the old writers praise this variety, and market 
gardeners today can find nothing better as a first early 
cabbage. Judging from descriptions and illustrations 
