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Country Gentleman .—A late variety of strong growth, stalks 8 to 
10 feet high, ears 8 to 9 inches long, rows irregular, kernels medium 
'size, roundish, white ; marketable size, August 22nd. This variety 
produced the least number of ears; 97 per cent, of the ears injured 
by worms. 
CABBAGE. 
When grown for early use seed should be sown in forcing-house 
or hot-beds from the first to the middle of February. As cabbage 
plants, if well grown, will stand considerable frost without injury, 
they may be set in open ground from the 10th to the 15th of April ; 
for the late or winter crop seed should be sown in open ground 
from the 15th to the 20th of May. Plants will then be ready to 
transplant to the field from the 25th to the last of June. The cab- 
'bage is a very heavy feeder and thrives in a deep, rich, loamy soil. 
On April 12th, seeds of the ten varieties named in. the accom¬ 
panying table were sown in fiats in the forcing-house; plants were set 
in garden on June 6th, in rows 2J feet apart, and 2 feet apart in the 
rows. Plants were given thorough cultivation with horse cultivator 
and hand hoes; water was applied on July 5th, 19th, and 31st, and 
on August 18th. As most of the varieties in our test were of the 
Flat Dutch type, and there being no very marked difference in habit 
of growth or form of head of the different kinds, a description of 
each is not necessarv. The two varieties in which there was a 
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readily distinguishable difference from the Flat Dutch type may be 
mentioned: Burpee’s World Beater and Perfection Drumhead 
Savoy. 
Burpee’s World' Beater .—A late variety, of very large size, pro¬ 
ducing the largest ^ heads of any under test; spreading in habit of 
growth ; leaves of a dark green color, heads round and solid; this is 
apparently a good late variety, and will prove a good keeper, as it 
was the latest to mature, and showed no signs of bursting. 
Perfection Drumhead Savoy .—This variety is different in type 
from any others tested ; the stems are short, leaves dark green and 
very much wrinkled ; heads small, round, not so solid as those of 
the other types owing to the peculiar wrinkling of the leaves. The 
Savoy class deserves more attention than it receives. They are 
more tender and of finer flavor than the common cabbage. 
The following table shows the number of plants set of each 
variety ; the number of heads of marketable size on August 25th, 
and also September 20th ; the number of marketable heads pulled 
October 18th; average weight of same, and per cent, of plants set 
producing salable heads: 
