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DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO 
Cabbage 
CULTURE: 1 oz. of seed will produce 3,000 plants, 8 oz. per acre. 
EARLY SORTS. In the Prairie States April 10th is about the 
right time to set out plants into the field. In order to have plants 
ready at that time plant the seed in hot beds February 15th, covering 
the seed one-quarter inch deep. This will give you ample time to 
transplant into cold frames and produce sturdy plants to go into the 
field by April 10th. Have rows 3 feet apart and plant foot apart in 
the row. The soil for cabbage should be very rich with good drain¬ 
age. Cultivate frequently. If the crop shows a tendency to head up 
all at one time and you have no ready market for the entire crop, 
loosen the roots in the ground by lifting the cabbages lightly. This 
will permit your cabbage to stand iu the field from one to two weeks 
after maturity without bursting. LATE CABBAGE. Drill the seed 
in the open ground about the middle of June. About July 20th you 
will get from this sowing large and stocky plants which you set out 
in rows 3 feet apart and IS inches in the row. Your crop will be 
ready in October and November. 
Which Cabbage Is The Best? 
Cabbages differ in size, shape, earliness, color, flavor and keeping 
qualities. This makes a long list necessary. 
Where only one variety is planted we suggest either ALL HEAD 
EARLY or DELUX. 
If you want extreme earliness without regard to quality choose 
COPENHAGEN MARKET. If you like quality with fairly early 
maturity then plant either EARLY SPRING (round head) or JER¬ 
SEY WAKEFIELD (conical head). 
The medium early varieties are nearly all of good flavor. All Sea¬ 
sons, Early Flat Dutch, Early Summer, Faultless, Sure Crop and 
All Head Early are all good sorts. GLORY OF ENKHOUSEN has 
hard round heads and while of good quality is really not the equal 
of the other varieties mentioned. 
For late cabbage either for Sauer Kraut or for storing, LATE 
FLAT DUTCH is the outstanding sort. The head is large, heavy 
and fairly solid, the ribs small, the leaves tender and the flavor 
excellent. It has ljeen renamed quite a number of times and if 
you’ve raised cabbage of this description but under another name 
you’ve very likely had Late Flat Dutch. Nearly every seed catalog 
lists it under several names and ours is no exception. 
DANISH CABBAGE like Danish Ball Head, Hollander, Dutch 
Winter, etc., are splendid keepers and for this reason splendid as late 
varieties. But they are coarse and have heavier ribs than Late Flat 
Dutch and are not quite its equal in flavor and tenderness. 
RED CABBAGES, Black Diamond is fine early. Model best late. 
SAVOY CABBAGES have a crinkled leaf. Many prefer them 
claiming superior quality. Marvin’s is the best. 
COPENHAGEN MARKET 
The heads are ball shaped, average about eight pounds 
each in weight, have a small core, and are produced on quite 
short stalks, almost on the ground level. The leaves are 
small, light green, always tightly folded, and therefore can 
be set closer than is usual with varieties of similar type. 
We offer seed grown by the originator of this variety. Pkt.- 
10c; y 2 oz. 15c; oz. 30c; X A lb. 55c; lb. $2.20, prepaid. 
GLORY OF ENKHOUSEN CABBAGE 
Early as Succession, heads medium sized, just right for 
market, perfectly globe shaped, of fine dark green color. It 
has only a few outer leaves permitting close planting. Good 
keeper and shipper, and may be pronounced a very desirable 
early sort. Pkt. 5c; x / 2 oz. 10c; oz. 20c; *4 lb. 50c; lb. $2.00. 
CABBAGE—JOHNSON’S DRUMHEAD 
One of the finest main crop sorts for market gardeners. The 
plant is of extra strong growth, the heads very large, round, slightly 
flattened at top, remarkably uniform, extra hard, firm, and fine 
in texture. The average weight of heads is from 12 to 1C lbs. per 
head. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; lb. $1.80, prepaid. 
NEW CABBAGE DELUX 
THE MOST PROFITABLE LATE VARIETY 
YELLOW RESISTANT 
The finest, most reliable, sure heading, longest keeping 
and best paying late variety. A few days earlier than Danish 
Ballhead, oblong in shape, very hard, very white inside, 
medium in size. One of our friends, a most successful gar¬ 
dener, says this about Delux: I had 10 thousand plants set 
early, and was cutting early and again late. My cabbage 
was fetching at first $2.50 per bushel an'd the lowest I ever 
got for it was $1.00 per bushel. We had a dry spell and it 
looked as though part of my cabbage will be a failure. 
Early in the fall I started for the field with a plow. But 
I did not plow my cabbage under. My Delux was all headed 
out and finer cabbage I have never seen. Out of the 10 thou¬ 
sand plants only six did not make a head. My grocer’s cus¬ 
tomers actually begged for more Delux and I could have sold 
more had there been more. By planting early, you will have 
fine cabbage to sell early and again late, and early planting 
will give your cabbage a good start so that worms and bugs 
cannot hurt it. Delux is a first rate keeper, wilt resistant 
and can be planted close. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; X A lb. $1.00; 
lb. $4.00. 
CABBAGE WISCONSIN NO. 8 
A late variety, long keeping, a selection from the Hol¬ 
lander or Dutch Winter variety, bred for resistance to cab¬ 
bage yellows. Should be planted where the cabbage crop is 
likely to suffer from yellows. Our strain is grown on soil 
infested with yellows by a specialist and can be depended on 
to produce a good crop on ground where other cabbages 
would fail. It is 100% immune from disease. A splendid 
keeper, properly stored, will keep in prime condition till 
spring. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $2.60. 
SHORT STEM HOLLANDER 
There are several strains of Hollander cabbage. After 
years of work, we found, in our trials that Hollander from 
a certain grower in Amager Island is about as good a cabbage 
of the Hollander type as can be expected. If you grow 
Hollander please try a little of our seed. Fully described in 
the front part of our catalog on page 3. 
GOLDEN ACRE CABBAGE 
An early variety of Copenhagen Market type, but several days 
earlier. Heads round, solid and ready to cut at almost one cutting. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c; lb. $3.00. 
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD 
Our strain of this cabbage represents the highest grade of 
excellence. It is the result of the most careful and pains¬ 
taking selection from an early maturing head of perfect shape. 
Small but thick and heavy outside leaves permit close plant¬ 
ing, and enable it to stand more cold weather without injury 
when carried through the winter, either in the open ground 
in the South or in cold frames in the North. Every market 
gardener knows what Jersey Wakefield is and we know that 
our strain cannot be beaten in earliness, hard heading qual¬ 
ities or uniform growth. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; lb. $1.80; 10 lbs. 
$17.00, prepaid. 
