D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
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CABBAGE 
For many years cabbage seed has been a leading specialty with us. Our cabbage seeds are all grown from approved stock 
seeds which are largely of our own development on our Oakview Stock Seed Farm; they are all grown under our personal in¬ 
spection and supervision. >\ e believe there is no seed that is more reliable, nor any that can be more implicitly depended 
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 of the 
greatest importance. No satisfactory results can possibly be obtained when poor seed is planted. Second, rich, w ell prepared 
ground. A heavy, moist and rich loam is most suitable. Third, frequent and thorough cultivation. The ground should be highly 
manured aud 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 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 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. Cabbages should be hoed every week aud 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 follows: Add one quart o‘f 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 w’ith 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 pyrethrum 
pow'der, slug shot or Paris green. The last two are 
poisonous and should not be used in large quantities, or 
late in the season; how'ever. should their use be necessary, 
care should be taken to remove the outside leaves before 
the heads are used. It the disease called club-root should 
get a foothold, do not plant the land with any of the 
cabbage family for 3 v car or two. This is usually an 
effective remedy. 
A great many of t.i 7 anc :ies of cabbages are simply 
strains rather than dist». 1 set id are really the same 
as some older and bette* i. u. Is. We are confident 
that every good quality can be foun l in a greater degree 
in the varieties we offer than in any other kinds. 
FIRST EARLY SORTS 
r* i f \X7' i r* l i This most excellent 
liarly Jersey Wakeneld 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 Cvl ev unfavorable 
conditions. They are compact and erect or v^ry slightly 
spreading, w’ith rew r 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. 30c; 2 Oz. 50c; l A Lb. 90c; Lb. $2.75 
Early Jersey Wakefield 
~ _i_. The earliest large round-head- 
Lopennagen lVlaFKet 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, w ith 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 
Copenhagen 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. 45c; 2 Oz. 80c; J / 4 Lb. $1.25| 
Lb. $4.50 
Charleston or Large & which 
the plant is larger and a 
vv diieiieiu Htt!e later than Early 
Jersey Wakefield, the head being fully 
as solid but less pointed and consider¬ 
ably larger. The leaves are rather 
large, smooth and comparatively thick. 
Its exceeding hardiness, earliness and 
size of head have made it with market 
g ardeners and shippers a popular sort 
> follow. Jersey 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. 30c; 2 Oz. 50c; 
y 4 Lb. 90c; Lb. $2.75 
C.J„ • „ The earliest flat- 
JDarly Spring headed variety. The 
plants are vigorous, very compact, with 
few outer leaves and a short stem. The 
leaves are nearly round, broad, smooth 
and of distinctive light green color, al¬ 
most without bloom. The heads are 
broad, round, slightly flattened. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; % Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 
