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EARLY WHITE CABBAGES 
npG HAVE early cabbage, it is absolutely essential to 
start with seeds of thoroughbred early kinds. In 
common with the late sorts, early cabbages are divided 
into flat- and round-headed sorts. In addition, the early 
class claims the Wakefield cabbages which are of pointed 
or oblong shape and the earliest of all to reach good size. 
Early Jersey Wakefield forms heads five inches in diam- 
eter by eight inches long, within ioo days from date 
seeds are sown. (See illustration.) Charleston Wake- 
field is slightly later, but also larger. Foremost among 
the flat-headed early sorts ranks Early Eureka which 
matures about the same time as Jersey Wakefield. 
The prize for size, quality, and earliness, however, is 
justly claimed by Copenhagen Market, a perfectly ball- 
shaped sort introduced from Denmark about ten years 
ago. Heads, ten inches in diameter, averaging nine to 
ten pounds in weight, are produced within no days after 
seeds are sown. Outyields any other variety in this class. 
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