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GREAT NORTHERN SEED CO., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS—BEST QUALITY SEEDS 
New Improved Surehead 
Heads uniform in size and color, round, flattened on top, extra hard, firm and fine 
in texture, weighing under average cultivation from 10 to 15 lbs., sweet flavored; 
has scarcely any loose leaves. One of the most reliable main-crop Cabbages. A 
sure header. Its great solidity makes it an excellent shipping as well as keeping 
variety. Pkt. 6c; oz. 20c; 2 oz. 30c; V 4 lb. 55c; y 2 lb. $1.00; lb. $1.90; 2 lbs. $3.60, 
postpaid. 
Mammoth Late Bridgeport Drumhead 
Large, round, firm head, uniform in shape and color, which seldom bursts or 
rots. With good cultivation heads attain a weight of 20 to 30 pounds, and are of 
the finest quality. The quality, either for slicing, for kraut and for general table 
use is unsurpassed. It is as natural for this Cabbage to form heads as leaves. 
This variety is much used by market gardeners in northern Illinois. Pkt. 8c; oz. 20c; 
2 oz. 35c; y 4 lb. 60c; y 2 lb. $1.10; lb. $2.00; 2 lb. $3.75, postpaid. 
Mammoth Late Flat Dutch 
The All American Variety. A Favorite for Home or Market in Any part of the 
Country 
This is a money-maker among the late Cabbages for gardening and for family 
use it ranks the highest. No variety of late Flat Dutch surpasses it for fine qual¬ 
ity and uniform reliability to produce solid, firm heads. Even during the most 
unfavorable weather the heads are large. They are. usually very heavy and solid, 
in form are round, flat on top and of a bluish-green color with but 
few outer leaves. The quality is fine and flavor excellent, heads 
being crisp, tender and white, and they keep in good condition un¬ 
til Spring. Outside of our Christmas King, this is the variety 
planted by more gardeners than any other late sort, and one of the 
best to grow for the family table. Always sure to make a crop where 
other sorts fail, and sure to please everybody on all soils North, South, 
East or West. If you grow late Cabbage, do not fail to plant some 
of our selected strain of this variety. Pkt. 8c; oz. 20c; 2 oz. 35c; 
i/i lb. 60c; y 2 lb. $1.10; lb. $2.00; 2 lb. $3.75, postpaid. 
New Golden Acre 
New Golden Acre Cabbage 
Sugar Loaf Savoy 
Noted for Fine and Delicate Flavor 
Savoy Cabbages have crimped leaves and are more tender, of 
milder and sweeter flavor than the smooth-leaved varieties; their 
flavor will improve after being frosted. This improved variety 
is the very best of the Savoys for home use or the market. Most 
attractive, matures early, hardest headed. Plants vigorous, dense¬ 
ly crumpled and very sure heading. Blanches beautifully. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 25c; 2 oz. 45c; y 4 lb. 75c; y 2 lb. $1.35; lb. $2.50, postpaid. 
W ■ An Unequaled Early Long Keeping Cabbage, 
Round Solid Head, Vigorous Grower 
This excellent cabbage we have found to be 
I ML one of the earliest round headed cabbage grown 
and so very solid that it seldom bursts. The 
plants are very compact with a short stem 
and very few outside leaves which admits of 
* W* ^ I ft jy close planting. Head is firm, crisp and solid 
^with center of clear white. Outside color 
medium light green. An average weight of 
8 lbs. is the record of this cabbage, which ma¬ 
tures round, smooth heads of the finest quality 
for the table or market in about 75 days after 
setting out plants. Golden Acre is not only a valuable early sort but it 
grows so large and is such a splendid keeper that it can profitably be 
raised for fall or early winter use. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; 2 oz. 60c; *4 lb. $1.00; 
y 2 lb. $1.90; lb. $3.50; 2 lbs. $6.50, postpaid. 
Christmas King 
CABBAGE SEED—Continued 
The Grandest Winter Cabbage. The Largest Cabbage in the World. 
The Longest Keeper and Surest Header 
This truly wonderful late variety of our own introduction gives the 
greatest yields of any Cabbage grown. The leaves are deep blue, very 
wide and overlapping each other, forming tight, compact heads, which 
are all very uniform in size and in time of maturity, and are of the 
most delicious flavor, crisp and sweet. It never bursts, has but few 
outside leaves and can be planted closer than most sorts and will then 
produce a larger crop per acre than any other variety. It is the best 
Winter keeper; there is no other variety which maintains its fresh 
appearance so long after it has matured. Christmas King is the finest 
late Cabbage known today; for the market, for shipping and for the 
home garden it has no superior. Our Christmas King Cabbage is bred 
for disease resistant qualities. Pkt. 10 c; oz. 25c; 2 oz. 45c; Vi lb. 75c; V 2 lb. 
$1.35; lb. $2.50; 2 lb. $4.50, postpaid. 
Danish Ball Head 
The heads, which are of medium size, average a weight of about eight 
pounds, and are very solid and deep, and of a fine white color. Their 
quality is excellent, and the heads, being just as solid and perfect when 
taken up in the Spring as when they are put away in the Fall. Stem 
about 5 inches high. Pkt. 8 c; oz. 25c; 2 oz. 45c; Vi lb. 80c; Vi lb. $1.45; 
lb. $2.75; 2 lbs. $5.00, postpaid. 
Mammoth Late Flat Dutch 
New Round Head Danish 
Sugar Loaf Savoy 
Two weeks earlier than Ball Head, heads rounder, unusually solid, 
average larger with less foliage, of more robust growth, and is better 
able to resist blight. The heads are beautifully white when trimmed. Is 
especially recommended for high and light soils and are splendid keep¬ 
ers. Short stems about 2 Vi inches high. Pkt. 8 c; oz. 25c; 2 oz. 45c; 
14 lb. 80c; 1/2 lb. $1.45; lb. $2.75; 2 lbs. $5.00, postpaid. 
Wisconsin Hollander No. 8 
Introduced and recommended by the Wisconsin Experiment Station. 
A strain of the Hollander grown in Wisconsin, resistant against the 
Yellow Rot disease. Has been grown successfully on the sickest old 
cabbage fields. Heads are round 
and somewhat flattened and are re¬ 
markably solid. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; 
2 oz. 65c; Vi lb. $1.25; V4 lb. 
$2.25; lb. $4.00; 2 lb. $7.50, post¬ 
paid. 
New Red Polish 
This New Red Cabbage is a 
vigorous grower and quite hardy. 
The heads are of a dark red color, 
and are extremely firm and heavy. 
The outside leaves are somewhat 
crumpled at the edges, giving the 
plant a pleasing and rather orna¬ 
mental appearance. It is the larg¬ 
est and surest heading Red Cab¬ 
bage. Pkt. 10 c; oz. 25c; 2 oz. 
45c; V 4 lb. 75c; i / 2 lb. $1.35; lb. 
$2.50; 2 lbs. $4.50, postpaid. 
Red Polish 
