established the only insects that have prov’d 
very destructive are the White Butterflies 
which produce the green cabbage-worm, and 
we are glad to state by reason of parasitic 
enemies they are yearly diminishing in num¬ 
bers, so that already they do no damage to 
large fields and will, no doubt, pass away 
entirely. 
LATE AMERICAN DRUMHEAD. 
We have experimented largely with the 
different kinds, having grown over fifty va¬ 
rieties in a single season, in order to test 
their comparative qualities. Among these 
all there are less than a dozen that may be 
selected to combine all the really valuable 
points to be found in the whole. Taking 
these nearly in the order of their earliness, 
we will proceed to give a short description 
of a few of them. 
Early Jersey Wakefield. This, if “true,” 
is unquestionably the best very early cab¬ 
bage known producing large and solid heads, 
and is marketable earlier than any other va¬ 
riety which makes what may really be called 
a head. It is the favorite with all market 
gardeners around New York, and, in fact 
wherever tested, is gaining in popularity. 
The seeds are either sown in September and 
the plants wintered over in cold-frames for 
earliest spring use, or, what answers quite 
as good a purpose, are sown in March in a 
hot-bed from which they are shifted into a 
cold-frame about the first of April in this 
latitude, where they are kept until the 
weather permits their being set in the field. 
Henderson''s Early Summer. This is a val¬ 
uable acquisition, quite recently introduced. 
It closely follows the Wakefield in season 
LARGE FLAT DUTCH CABBAGE. 
and grows to considerably larger size. It is 
very sure to make a large sized, solid head 
for the time of year. 
Newark Early Flat Dutch. This is the 
result of a cross between the Early Oxheart 
and the Large Flat Dutch. It has long been 
a favorite second early sort with the market 
gardeners of Long Island and New Jersey. 
The heads are large, solid, broad and round¬ 
ish or nearly flat, sometimes slightly coni¬ 
cal. It is the best strain of Early Flat 
Dutch in the market. 
Early Winnigstadt. This produces very 
hard cone shaped heads, known in some 
sections as “sugar-loaf.” This variety is 
probably surer to produce a head under any 
and all circumstances than any other, and, 
PERFECTION DRUMHEAD SAVOY CABBAGE. 
if planted on rich soil and given good culti¬ 
vation, it will produce heads weighing from 
10 to 12 pounds, and correspondingly small¬ 
er according to the degree of neglect, but 
every plant produces a head, and always 
hard, even though no larger than a goose 
egg. Therefore if your soil is poor or sandy 
