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D. M. FERRY & CO S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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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 earlier. The plants are 
lighter colored but not quite so hardy. The heads are fully 
LATE FEAT DUTCH. — A low growing variety; heads 
large, bluish green, round, solid, broad and fiat on the top. 
ana often tinted with red ami brown. An excellent fall and 
winter variety and a good keeper. 
I). M. FERRY & CO’S PREMIUM LATE FLAT 
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as large, not quite so pointed, and are of excellent quality, j xcH.— This* we consider superior to am' late cabbage in 
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and we recommend it as the best for private gardens and 
sheltered situations. Used in the South by gardeners for 
first early crop to ship North. Sold also as “ Earliest of All,” 1 
l 'AFon^ep£tfI?' etc. 
,Y .JERSEY WAKEFIELD. — Heads very com¬ 
pact, of medium size, conical. An early, sure heading sort; 
verY popular with market gardeners. Its thick, stout leaves, 
combined with its very compact growth, make it the best for 
wintering over in cold frames, or for very early setting in the 
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cultivation. 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 
lUsuperior to any other strain. 
Bridgeport late drumhead, a sub variety 
or Drumhead cabbage, having large very solid heads, which 
ripen late, but is desirable on rich, heavy soil for late crop. 
Our stock is of the best procurable. 
spring. This is the earliest cabbage to make a really good Vu REHEAD.-A compact growing general crop cab 
anri mark'Mt. trArdi-riHrs cannor afford to nl«nt. nnv of.har p^bage, having medium size to large, thick heads and 
head and market gardeners cannot: afford to plant any other 
kind for the large portion of the first early crop. Our stock 
i&*grown and selected with the greatest care and can be 
depended upon to give the best of satisfaction. 
p 5ARLY YORK. An early variety 
shaped, firm and tender: of very dwarf growth, and may be 
grown fifteen or eighteen inches apart. -/,, , _ 
EARLY 
eighteen inches apart 
DWARF FLAT DUTCH. 
Each year adds to 
the high opinion we hold of this variety as a second early. 
^*sure heading, reliable cabbage, and we consider it one of the 
very best to follow Early Jersey Wakefield, either for market 
or private use. Stems short, leaves comparatively few, 
having short stalks, upright, so that plants can be planted 
closely: heads large as Early Summer, solid, and stand long 
without bursting. Our stock should not be confounded with 
ibe.inferior later stocks offered under this name. 
/ KARLY LARGE YORK.-Succeeds the Early York. 
It is of large size, about ten days later; more robust and bears 
the heat better. 
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HENDERSON’S EARLY SUMM 
iavg^heading cabbage: growth compact, so that it may be 
seras close as the smaller sorts. Heads large, fiat or slightly 
conical, and they keep longer without bursting than most of 
the early sorts. Valuable for both family and market 
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outer leaves. We assure our customers that our stock is the 
genuine Sure Head. 
LUXEMBURG, OR HARD HEADING.— This variety 
cm a it has sprung into favor in some sections, owing to its being a 
i- a . , ,:. a , PS-emarkably good keeper, the heads remaining solid and unaf¬ 
fected very late in the spring. We have noticed that the 
young plants are remarkably hardy, standing transplanting 
and long continued dry weather after extremely well. Heads 
medium size, almost round, with outer leaves tinged red at 
upper portion; very solid, tender and sweet. 
LARGE DRUMHEAD. The Drumhead cabbage is a 
large fall or winter variety, with a broad, fiat or round head, 
short stump, tender and good flavored, and au excellent 
keeper; grown extensively for shipping purposes. 
D. M. FERRY & CO’S PREMIUM LATE DRUM¬ 
HEAD.— We recommend this sort to market gardeners and 
growers for shipping 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. 
MARBLEH KA I) MA MMOTH DRUM H EA I>.—The 
ist cabbage known, weighing in some instances over fifty 
pounds. Under good cultivation, acres have been grown 
where the heads would average thirty pounds each. 
GREEN GLAZED.— A standard late variety in the South, 
This 
may be called an improvement on the Newark Flat Dutch, Xl as *t is not affected by the heat. Heads large, but rather 
which it has superseded. ‘ loose and open. Enjoys comparative immunity from the 
super 
ALL SEASONS.— A greatly improved strain of Early Flat 
Dutch. Heads very large, round, often nearly spherical, but, 
usually somewhat flattened; very solid, and of the 
quality, keeping as well as the winter sorts. Plant very 
vigorous ana sure heading; leaves large, smooth, with dense 
bloom. Remarkable for its ability to stand the hot sun and 
dry weather. Our trial has shown that heads which were fit 
for market by July 10th, were still salable September 10th, 
the only change being increased size and density. One of the 
very best sorts for general cultivation. 
SUCCESSION.— A sure heading, long keeping variety, 
X. very similar in every respect to All Seasons. Our seed is from 
"^carefully grown selected stock and will be found fully as 
good as that offered by any one. 
EARLY WINNIGSTAI)T.— One of the best for general 
use, being a very sure header, and will grow a hard head 
under circumstances where most sorts would fail, so that 
those who have failed with other kinds could hope to succeed 
with this. It seems to suffer less from the cabbage worm 
than any other sort. Heads regular, conical, very hard, and 
keep well both summer and winter. 
FOTTLER’S EARLY DRUMHEAD, OR BRUNS- 
■d WICK SHORT STEM.—In many sections, particularly in 
^ ' the East, this is the only cabbage grown, and it certainly 
one of the very best segond early sorts in cultivation. Plants 
have very short stems and large leaves which start from t he 
stem horizontally, hut turn upward beyo/id the head, making 
rge, very ~ 
it remarkably compact. Head large, 
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 fiat, 
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 to perfection, one of the hand¬ 
somest of the second early sorts. 
STONE MASON MARBLEHE.AD.-A drumhead cab¬ 
bage and is, we think, one of the v^ry best for fall and winter 
use. Plant medium size with only a moderate number of 
leaves: stem medium length; heads medium size to large, 
round or slightly flattened, very solid, crisp and tender and 
has as fine flavor as any smooth leaved kind. It. will cer¬ 
tainly give the greatest satisfaction both to the amateur and 
market gardener and ought to be planted largely by both 
open, 
attacks of insects. 
MAMMOTH ROCK RED.- This is by far the best, larg- 
best'iL OR t a,K * sl,rest heading red cabbage ever introduced The 
^plaut is large, with numerous spreading leaves. The head is 
large, round, very solid, and of a deep red color. Ninety-eight 
per cent, of the plants will form extra fine heads. The best 
of the red cabbages. 
^ LARGE RED DRUMHEAD FOR PICKLING.— 
Excellent, for pickling or eating raw. Forms very hard, ob¬ 
long heads, round at top, of a dark red, or purple color. 
^ EARLY DEEP RED ERFURT.— Plants smaller and 
l /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 desirable. 
The English prize the savoy cabbages especially on account 
of their delicate cauliflower-like flavor, and as they become 
better known in this country they arc growing rapidly in 
favor with discriminating buyers. 
viz EARLY DWARF ULM ISAVOY.-One of the earliest 
5)wirid sweetest of the Savoys. Heads round, solid; leaves small, 
thick, fleshy, of fine, deep green color, and of most excellent, 
quality. 
GREEN GLOBE SAVOY.— This does not make a firm 
FI LDER K R AUT. - Similar to, hut larger, much more 
pointed, and heading up with fewer outside leaves than the 
Winnigstadt. and highly esteemed for making kraut. Good*!/^,,,, .. . , - - ------ 
either for first or second crop, and succeeds particularly well V head * out the whole of it oeing very tender and pleasant fia- 
on rich prairie soils vored, is used for cooking: leaves wrinkled and dark green; 
is very hardy and improved by frost. 
. . IMPROVED AMERICAN SAVOY.— Closelyapproach- 
y >. n ^i^ing the Cauliflower in delicacy of flavor. The best of all the 
y is - / j savoys for general market or home use. It has a short stem, 
grows to a large size, is compact and solid, and is a sure 
header. 
flat comnact and V ^KUMHEAD SAVOY. Grows to a large size. Heads 
' ^ nearly round, a little flattened on the top, color dark green. 
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French, Carotte. German, Moehren. 
The. Carrot is one of the most wholesome and nutritious of 
our garden roots, and deserves to be more extensively used 
both for culinary and stock feeding purposes. We urge our 
readers to give some of the early table sorts a trial. For 
feeding stock, especially horses and milch cows, the carrot 
cannot be surpassed, and it should be grown largely by farm¬ 
ers each season for this purpose. 
Culture.—W hile a sandy loam made rich by manuring the 
previous year is the best soil for the carrot, any good land if 
thoroughly and deeply worked will produce satisfactory crops. 
A clover sod turned under deeply and well enriched with a 
dressing of rotten manure, is most excellent for the general 
crop. When it is possible to do so, it is advisable to sow aa 
