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DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO 
Actual growing trial on our Vegetola farm of our Copenhagen Market Cabbage. Note the purity of our strain. 
Cabbage 
CULTURE: 1 oz. of seed will produce 3,000 plants, 8 oz. per acre. 
EARLY SORTS. In the Prairie States April 10th is aibout the 
sight time to set out plants into the field. In order to have plants 
ready at that time plant the seed in hot beds February 15th, covering 
the seed one-quarter inch deep. This will give you ample time to 
transplant into cold frames and produce sturdy plants to go into the 
Held by April 10th. Have rows 3 feet apart and plant foot apart in 
the row. The soil for cabbage should be very rich with good drain¬ 
age. Cultivate frequently. If the crop shows a tendency to head up 
all at one time and you have not ready market for the entire crop, 
loosen the roots in the ground by lifting the cabbages lightly. This 
will permit your cabbage to stand in the field from one to two weeks 
after maturity without bursting. LATE CABBAGE. Drill the seed 
in the open ground about the middle of June. About July 20th yon 
will get from this sowing large and stocky plants which you set oui 
in rows 3 feet apart and 18 inches in the row. Tour crop will be 
ready in October and November. 
Which Cabbage Is the BEST? 
Cabbages differ in size, shape, earliness, color, flavor and keeping 
qualities. This makes a long list necessary. 
Where only one variety is planted we suggest either ALL HEAD 
EARLY or DELUX. 
If you want extreme earliness without regard to quality choose 
COPENHAGEN MARKET. If you like quality with fairly early 
maturity then plant either EARLY SPRING (round head) or JER¬ 
SEY WAKEFIELD (conical head). 
The medium early varieties are nearly all of good flavor. All Sea¬ 
sons, Early Flat Dutch, Early Summer, Faultless, Sure Crop and 
All Head Early are all good sorts. GLORY OF ENKHOUSEN has 
hard round heads and while of good quality is really not the equal 
of the other varieties mentioned. 
For late cabbage either for (Sauer Kraut) or for storing LATE 
FLAT DUTCH is the outstanding sort. The head is large, heavy 
and fairly solid, the ribs small, the leaves tender and the flavor 
excellent. It has been renamed quite a number of times and if 
you’ve raised cabbage of this description but under another name 
you’ve very likely had Late Flat Dutch. Nearly every seed catalog 
lists it under several names and ours is no exception. 
DANISH CABBAGE like Danish Ball Head, Hollander, Dutch 
Winter, etc., are splendid keepers and for this reason splendid as late 
varieties. But they are coarse and have heavier ribs than Late Flat 
Dutch and are not quite its equal in flavor and tenderness. 
RED CABBAGES, Black Diamond is tine early. Model best late. 
SAVOY CABBAGES have a crinkled leaf. Many prefer them 
claiming superior quality. Marvin’s is the best. 
COPENHAGEN MARKET 
The heads are ball shaped, average about eight pounds 
each in weight, have a small core, and are produced on quite 
short stalks, almost on the ground level. The leaves are 
small, light green, always tightly folded, and therefore can 
be set closer than is usual with varieties of similar type. 
We offer seed grown by the originator of this variety. Pkt. 
10c; y 2 oz. 15c; oz. 30c; 14 lb. 55c; lb. $2.20; 10 lbs. $21.00, 
prepaid. 
GLORY OF ENKHOUSEN CABBAGE 
Early as Succession, heads medium sized, just right for 
market, perfectly globe shaped, of fine dark green color. It 
has only a few outer leaves permitting close planting. Good 
keeper and shipper, and may be pronounced a very desirable 
early sort. Pkt. oc; y 2 oz. 10c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 50c; lb. $2.00. 
YELLOWS LN” CABBAGE—The plants turn yellow, the 
leaves drop off the stem and finally the whole plant dies. 
In such case the only remedy there is, is to grow only yel¬ 
lows resistant varieties. To be benefited you must have 
ONLY first generation seed as second generation seed is 
almost worthless. All our seed is genuine FIRST generation 
seed. 
Late Flat Dutch 
LATE FLAT DUTCH 
The old type staple late, variety, introduced here from 
Europe by the first settlers. It has so many good qualities 
that it is simply indispensable. 
In prolonged dry spells the plants show the amount 
they suffer, it looks as though there will be no crop, but as 
soon as rain falls and the weather cools off, the plants quickly 
revive and make good. Whenever you plant Late Flat Dutch 
you are on the safe side. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; lb. $1.80. 
CABBAGE—JOHNSON’S DRUMHEAD 
One of the finest main crop sorts for market gardeners. The 
plant is of extra strong growth, the heads very large, round, slightly 
flattened at top, remarkably uniform, extra hard, firm, and fine 
in texture. The average weight of heads is from 12 to 16 lbs. per 
head. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; lb. $1.80, prepaid. 
