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CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Fottler’s Early Drumhead, or Brunswick Short 
excellent keeper; grown extensively for shipping pur- 
Stem. — In many sections, particularly in the east, this 
is the only cabbage grown, and it certainly is one of the 
very best second early sorts in cultivation. Plants have 
very short stems and large leaves which start from the 
stem horizontally, but turn upward beyond the head, 
Fottler's Early Drumhead, or Brunswick 
Short Stem. 
making it remarkably compact. Head large, very flat, 
compact and solid, and of fine quality. We have taken 
pains to have our stock free from the longer stemmed 
coarse plants often seen in inferior stocks of this variety. 
Early Drumhead. — Plants compact, with very thick, 
dark green leaves covered with a dense bloom which 
protects them in a measure from the worms. Heads 
flat, very solid, and of good quality. 
Early Large Schweinfurt. — Forms a very large , 
showy head of excellent quality, but does not stand the 
heat well. When grown in perfection, one of the hand¬ 
somest of the second early sorts. 
Large Red Drumhead, for Pickling.—Excellent 
for pickling or for eating raw. Forms very hard, oblong 
heads, round at top, of a dark red, or purple color. 
Early Deep Red 
E r f u r t. — P lan ts 
smaller and more 
compact and shorter 
stemmed than the 
above, and the head 
is smaller, nearly 
round or sometimes 
oval, very hard and 
of exceedingly deep 
color, and one of the 
best keepers. Very 
Early Deep Red Erfurt. desirable. 
Stone Mason Marblehead.—Characterized by its 
sweetness and delicacy of flavor and by its reliability in 
forming a large head. Very hardy and will endure the 
cold of extreme'northern climates. 
Late Flat Dutch.—A low growing variety; heads 
large, bluish-green, round, solid, broad and flat on the 
top, and often tinted with red and brown. An excellent 
fall and winter variety and a good keeper. 
D. M. Ferry & Co’s Premium Late Flat Dutch. 
— This we con - dcr superior to any late cabbage in cul¬ 
tivation. It possesses all the good qualities of the Late 
Flat Dutch, and is a sure header. Our stock of this 
variety is of our own raising from carefully selected 
heads, and we think it superior to any other strain of 
this popular variety'. 
Large Drumhead.—The Drumhead Cabbage is a 
large fall or winter variety, with a broad, flat or round 
head, short stump, tender and good flavored, and an 
poses. 
D. M. Ferry & 
Co’s Premium 
Late Drumhead. 
— We recommend 
this sort to market 
gardeners and 
growers for ship¬ 
ping purposes. In 
good, rich soil, and 
with a favorable 
season, the heads 
will grow to an 
enormous size; very 
compact and solid, 
and of excellent 
flavor. 
Marblehead D. M . Ferry &. Co-s Premium Late 
MammotlVDrum- Flat Dutch. 
head.—The largest cabbage known, weighing in some 
instances over '/ifty /founds. Under good cultivation, 
acres have been grown_wherc the^heads would average 
thirty pounds each. 
Quintal Drumhead.—A French variety'correspond¬ 
ing to our Flat Dutch, and one of the best of the foreign 
sorts. Heads quite flat on the top, with few side leaves; 
solid, firm, hard, and.of good flavor. 
Green Glazed. 
Green Glazed.—A standard late variety in the 
south, as it is not affected by the heat. Heads large, 
but rather loose and open. Very desirable from the 
comparative immunity it cnjoy'S from the attacks of 
insects. 
Our English friends think the Savoys alone are 
fit for the table, and they are certainly of much better 
flavor than the smooth sorts. 
Early Dwarf Ulm Savoy. —One of the earliest and 
Improved American Savoy. 
