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Early White Head. 
Early White Head. -An excellent variety for hot¬ 
bed culture, as well as open air; early and hardy. 
Heads small, white, crisp, very compact, and closely 
cabbaged. 
Early Curled Silesia. An early variety of very 
strong growth ; leaves large, light yellow, wrinkled. It 
makes a large, loose head of fair quality. The best va¬ 
riety for cutting and bunching when young 
White Paris Cos. 
White Paris Cos.—A variety largely grown for t'"t 
London and Paris markets. The heads are long, upright, 
with oblong leaves. It is very hardy, of large size, a.id 
long in running to seed ; tender, brittle, and mild fla* 
vored. 
Ferry’s Early Prize Head 
tender and cris/> throughout the season . is prompt to 
head , but sltnv to run up to seed; of superb flavor,*and 
very hardy. We desire to call the attention of families 
and amateurs to this variety particularly, being decid¬ 
edly the best in cultivation for home use. 
Large Drumhead. 
Large Drumhead. - Heads remarkably large, some 
what flattened, compact ; pale green without, and white 
at the center ; crisp and tender ; one of the finest sum¬ 
mer varieties; seeds white. 
Hanson. 
Hanson. — A very fine heading variety of the largest | 
size, and standing the sun as well or better than any 
other sort The heads frequently weigh two or three > 
pounds.ar^ sweet, tender and crisp throughout, and en- j 
tirely free from any bitter taste. We have obtained a 
very fine stock of this variety, and can recommend it as 
one of the best on our list. 
Large India Head.—This variety attains a large 
size, the plants frequently measuring eighteen inches in 
diameter. The heads are not solid, but are white with¬ 
in, crisp and tender, and not hitter • withstands heat 
and drought well. 
Green Fringed. 
Green Fringed. —An exceedingly ornamental varie- a 
ty. The inside of the leaves are white, the edges a del- | 
icate green, and beautifully fringed and crimped, mak- « 
ing the most beautiful variety on the list, and well 
worthy of cultivation for table decoration, although the 1 
quality is quite inferior. 
Frankfort Head. — A dark green, curled variety with 
close, round heads, which cut open finely blanched and 
very crisp. It remains a long time in head; seeds black, 
produced very sparingly. 
