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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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CABBAGE 
For many years cabbage seed has been a leading specialty with ns. Our cabbage seeds are all grown from approved 
seeds which are largely of our own development on our Oakview Stock Seed Farm; they are all grown under our person 
spection and supervision. We believe there is no seed that is more reliable, nor any that can be more implicitly dep* 
upon to give planters uniformly satisfactory results. 
The requisites for complete success with cabbage are: First, good seed. In this crop the quality of the seed used is oFL 
greatest importance. No satisfactory results can possibly be obtained when poor seed is planted. Second, rich, well prepare 
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 4 
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 off 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 si/e 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 ami 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. Cabbages 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 late years many crops of early cabbages have been destroyed by maggots at the roots. An effective remedy seems to be to 
remove the earth carefully from around the stem so as to form a funnel-shaped cup and apply Zenoleum, Sanax Dip, or some 
similar preparation, diluted at the rate of one part to eighty parts of water. Apply one pint to a plant. A well known remedy is 
to apply an emulsion of kerosene which may be made as follow's: Ad i one quart of kerosene Oil to two quarts of boiling fish oil 
soap (whale oil soap), soft soap or any cheap 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 cream-like substance. Then dilute with five 
times as much water and apply once a week. A pre¬ 
ventive for maggots is to spray on forcibly a carbolic acid 
emulsion dilutee with thirty parts of water, applied the 
day after the cabbage plants are transplanted, and re¬ 
peated several times at intervals of a weeL , \ 
The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves and 
heads later may be killed by dusting with pyrethrum 
powder, slug shot or Paris green. The hist 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 oiler than in any other kinds. 
FIRST EARLY SORTS 
This most excellent 
variety is the earliest 
cabba 
Early Jersey Wakefield 
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 
exceedingly hardy, not only in resisting cold but other 
unfavorable conditions. They are compact and erect or 
very slightly spreading, with few outer leaves, which are 
smooth, thick, nearly oval and deep green. The stem is 
short. The heads are of medium size, very solid, uni¬ 
formly pointed and of excellent quality. Pkt 10c- 
Oz. 75c; 2 Oz. $1.25; Va Lb. $2.00 
Early Jersey Wakefield 
Copenhagen Market 
i »» i . The earliest 
Copenhagen Market large round -1 
headed cabbage yet introduced. .The heads 
are exceptionally large for so early a va¬ 
riety, very solid and of most excell**>\d 
quality. The plants are vigorous but eomj 
pact, with short stem and f*-w outer lejnesi 
which are of rather upright growth, lhel 
leavesare medium light green, nearly round, ; 
comparatively thick and smooth. 1 his is a 
most excellent sort, both for the home garden 
and market gardening trade. Our strain pro¬ 
duces the characteristic large, round heads- 
that for solidity and excellent quality make 
thisvariety so valuable. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 90c; 
2 Oz. $1.60; Va Lb. $2.75 
A strain in 
which the plant 
i little later than 
Wakefield, the 
__ v 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 Jersey 
Wakeflela. 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. 10c; Oz. 75c; 2 Oz. $1.25; 
Va Lb. $2.00 
Charleston or Large 
is larger and f 
waKerieia Earlv Jersey 
head being fully as solid but 
