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n. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Golden Tankard Mangel Wur- 
ZC 1 .—Tops comparatively small, with 
yellow stems and midribs; neck very 
small; roots large, ovoid, but filled out 
at top and bottom so as to approach a 
cylindrical form. Flesh yellow, zoned 
with white. A great improvement and 
worthy of trial on every farm. 
Red Globe Mangel Wurzel. —Similar to Yellow 
Globe, except in color, which is a light red or pink. 
BROCOLI, 
Fr., Chou Brocoli. Ger., Sparge l Kohl. 
Although originating from a very distinct type, the 
modern improved sorts of Brocoli can scarcely be dis¬ 
tinguished from Cauliflower; the points of difference 
being that it is generally taller and the heads more 
divided. By some considered more delicate than the 
Cauliflower. 
Culture. — The same as that given for Cauliflower. 
Early Purple Cape.—This is the best variety for 
our climate. It produces large heads, of a brownish- 
purple color, v ry close and compact, and of excellent 
flavor. 
Brussels Sprouts. 
Fr., Chou de Bruxelles. Ger., Sprosscn Kohl. 
Culture. — The plant grows two or three feet high, 
and produces from the sides of the stalk numerous little 
sprouts one or two inches in diameter, resembling cab¬ 
bages. The leaves should be broken down in the fall, 
to give the little cabbages more room to grow. They 
should be treated in all respects like winter cabbage or 
kale. 
CHBBHCE. 
Fr., Chou.v Pomtnes. Ger., Kop/hohl. 
There is no vegetable which is more universally culti¬ 
vated than this. It is found in the poorest and smallest 
garden, and it responds so readily to better care that it 
is also entitled to a place in the finest garden, and merits 
the attention of the most skillful gardener. 
Culture. — The requisites for complete success aie: 
burst, good seed; there is no vegetable where the seed 
has more influence on the quality of the product than 
in this, and gardeners should invariably select the best 
procurable. Second, rich, well prepared ground. Thirds 
frequent and thorough cultivation. A heavy, 
moist and fresh loam is most suitable, which 
should be highly manured and worked deep. 
The early sorts should be sown very early in 
hot-beds, hardened off by gradually exposing 
them to night air, and transplanted to open 
ground, setting eighteen to twenty-four inches 
apart as early as possible in the spring. At the 
south, sow from the middle of September to 
middle of October, and transplant into cold 
frames to preserve through winter, setting into 
open ground as early as possible. 
The late autumn and winter varieties may be 
sown from the middle to the last of spring, and 
transpliinted when about six inches high, three 
feet apart each way. Shade and water the late 
sowings in dry weather to get them up. It is 
important that the plants should stand thinly in 
the seed bed, or they will run up weak and 
slender, and be likely to make long stumps. In 
transplanting they must be set into the ground 
up to the first lea /| no matter how long the 
stem may be. 
Cabbages should be hoed every week, and 
the ground stirred deeper as they advance in 
growth, drawing up a little earth to the plant 
each time until they begin to head, when they 
should be thoroughly cultivated and left to 
mature. Loosening the roots will sometimes 
retard the bursting of full grown heads. 
Of late years many crops of early cabbage have been 
destroyed by maggots at the roots. The best remedy 
seems to be to remove the earth from around the stem 
and apply an emulsion of kerosene oil made as follows: 
Add one quart of kerosene oil to two quarts of boiling 
soft soap which has been thinned to the consistency of 
cream. Stir the oil thoroughly by churning or other 
method until it has united with the soap and forms a 
sort of butter-like substance. Then dilute with five 
times as much water. 
This remedy has always succeeded in sandy soil, but 
may not be so effective on clay lands. On such soils we 
have had good success from surrounding the plants with 
squares of cloth cut about six inches square, with a 
small hole in the center and a slit from this to the edge 
so that the cloth can be put around the plant. This 
prevents the fly from laying its eggs. The cloth will 
need to be held to the ground by a little earth or a few 
small stones. 
The cabbage worms which destroy the plants later 
.may be killed by sprinkling the plants with the emulsion 
of soft soap and kerosene oil, or by dusting with pyre- 
thrum powder. 
To preserve cabbage during the winter, pull them on 
a dry day, and turn them over on the heads a few hours 
to drain. Set them out in a cool cellar, or bury them, 
with the heads downwards, in long trenches, in a dry 
situation. In the Middle States, bury the head and 
part of the stump in the open ground, and place over 
them a light covering of straw or boards, to protect them 
in severe weather. 
Express. - This is claimed to be the earliest cabbage 
in cultivation, and with us heads fit for use are formed 
earlier than on any other sort. It is similar to the 
Etampes, but is a little lighter in color and the heads are 
a little harder. Worthy of trial by those who wish to be 
first in the market. 
Very Early Etampes.—Similar to the well-known 
Jersey Wakefield, but repeated tests both on our 
grounds and at the various Experimental Stations have 
shown that it will produce heads fit for use a little 
Yellow Globe: Mangel Wurzel. 
Golden Tankard Mangel 
Wurzel. 
