OF ONE ACRE. 
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planting it, never failing a single season, that I now 
plant my whole crop of it, instead of planting two or 
three kinds as formerly, to guard against poor seed 
or a bad season. It is an improved type of the Pre¬ 
mium Flat Dutch, to which it is superior in the even¬ 
ness and regularity of its heads and the “ sureness ” 
of every plant to form a fine head. With me the 
heads average larger than the Flat Dutch, are 
rather more rounding in shape and are of the finest 
quality. 
BURPEE’S SHORT-STEM DRUMHEAD CABBAGE. 
Short-Stem Drumhead. —This variety produces 
on extra short stems, only a few inches in height, very 
large solid heads, often twenty-five pounds in weight 
It is from this kind that the very large heads seen at 
the county fairs in the fall are grown, and where the 
ground is heavily manured and well cultivated enor¬ 
mous crops of this variety can be grown ; it is of fine 
quality, very solid and an excellent keeper. 
Danish Ball Head. —This variety has only been 
