D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
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CABBAGE 
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The requisites for complete success with cabbage are: First, good seed. In this crop the quality of the seed used is of the 
greatest importance. No satisfactory results can possibly be obtained when poor seed is planted. Second, rich, well prepared 
ground. A heavy, moist and rich loam is most suitable. Third, frequent and thorough cultivation. The ground should be highly 
manured and worked deep. Cabbage is grown all over the country and specific directions regarding the time and methods of 
planting applicable to all localities cannot be given. In general, north of the 40th parallel the early sorts should be sown very 
early in hotbeds, hardened oft by gradually exposing them to the night air and transplanted as early as the ground is in good 
condition, setting eighteen to thirty-six inches apart, according to size of variety. South of the 40th parallel sow about the 
middle of September, or later according to latitude, transplanting into cold-frames if necessary to keep through winter and 
setting in open ground as early as possible in the spring. 
The late autumn and winter varieties may be sown from the middle to the last of spring and transplanted when four to six 
inches high. If the weather and soil are dry the late sowings should be shaded and watered in order to hasten germination, but 
it is important that the plants should not be shaded or crowded in the seed-bed, or they will run up weak and slender and will not 
endure transplanting well. Cabbiiges should be hoed every week and the ground stirred as they advance in growth, drawing up 
a little earth to the plants 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 lateyears many crops of early cabbages have been destroyed by maggots at the roots. An effective remedy seems to be to 
soap 
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 cream-like substance. 
Then dilute with five times as much water and apply once 
a week. A preventive for maggots is to spray on forcibly 
a carbolic acid emulsion diluted with thirty parts of water, 
applied the day after the cabbage plants are transplanted, 
and repeated several times at intervals of a week. 
The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves and 
heads later may be killed by dusting with pyrethrurn 
powder, slug shot or Paris green. The last two are 
poisonous and should not be used in large quantities, or 
late in the season; however, should their use be necessary, 
care should be taken to remove the outside leaves before 
the heads are used. If the disease called club-root should 
get a foothold, do not plant the land with any of the 
cabbage family for a year or two. This is usually an 
effective remedy. 
A great many of the varieties of cabbages are simply 
strains rather than distinct sorts and are really the same 
as .some older and better known kinds. We are confident 
that every good quality can be found in a greater degree 
in the varieties we offer than in any other kinds. 
FIRST EARLY SORTS 
17 1 i \\r l £• u This most excellent 
Lariy Jersey Wakerield variety is the earliest 
and surest heading of first early cabbages for the market 
and home garden. Most gardeners depend upon it for 
the bulk of their extra early crop. The plants are exceed¬ 
ingly hardy, not only in resisting cold but other unfavorable 
conditions. They are compact and erect or very slightly 
spreading, with rew outer leaves, which are smooth, thick, 
nearly oval and deep green. The stem is short. The heads are 
of medium size, very solid, uniformly pointed and of excellent 
quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; V 4 Lb. $1.00; 
Lb. $3.50 
Early Jersey Wakefield 
rAnonl, o 1V/|_ 1 The earliest large round-head- 
Copennagen Market ed cabbage yet introduced. The 
heads are exceptionally large for so early a variety, very 
solid and of most excellent quality. The plants are vigorous 
but compact, with short stem and few outer leaves which are 
of rather upright growth. The leaves are medium light green, 
nearly round, comparatively thick and smooth. This is a 
most excellent sort, both for the home garden and market 
gardening trade. Our strain produces the characteristic large, 
round heads that for solidity and excellent 
quality make, this variety so valuable. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 60c; 2 Oz. $1.00; V 4 Lb. $1.75; 
Lb. $6.00 
Charleston or Large which the plant 
\A/o * s larger and a little later than 
VV aKerieid Earlv Jersey Wakefield, the 
head being fully as solid but less pointed and 
considerably larger. The leaves are rather 
large, smooth and comparatively thick. Its 
exceeding hardiness, earliness and size of 
head have made it with market gardeners 
and shippers a popular sort to follow Jersev 
Wakefield. The plants are medium sized, 
very vigorous and slightly spreading. The 
heads are blunt pointed but very broad at 
the base. Our stock can be depended upon 
to produce uniformly fine, marketable 
heads. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 
y 4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 
60c; 
Copenhagen Market 
17 1 c The earliest flat headed 
Harly Dpnng variety. The plants are 
vigorous, very compact, with few outer 
leaves and a short stem. The leaves are 
nearly round, broad, smooth and of distinc¬ 
tive light green color, almost without bloom 
The heads are broad, round, slightly flat¬ 
tened. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; 
V 4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 
