JAMES J, H. GREGORYS SEED CIRCULAR AND RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
^OTTLEE’S early drumhead. 
Following will be found some of the recommendations I 
have received from those who have raised the Fottler’s Cab¬ 
bage. It is very rapidly growing in favor. 
My I ottler s Early Drumhead Cabbages were the wonder and ad¬ 
miration ot all who saw them, for I had the only cabbages in the neigh- 
Dcnnood ; and they readily commanded 17 cents per head. Some of them 
v\ eignea z,o noirnds. trimmed rpnriv tn ” ' George Spear 
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weigned zO pounds, trimmed ready to cook.’ 
Farmington, Maine, March 11, 1874. 
“Your Marblehead, Fottler’s and Red Drumhead Cabbages were all 
very large. They were the best cabbages sold in Pottstown Market. 
Lne people all wondered what place we bought the seed. 
h>°. Coventry, Pa., Oct. 29, 1874. John D. Fries. 
A Th ?. se Fottler’s cabbages are the best I ever raised; not a plant failed 
ot heading readily. I raised 100 heads that weighed from 10 to 21 lbs 
^4 A Mass., March 17, 1874. ~ ED "™ 
V T1 |rvf °i tler ca bbage is my favorite. It headed up uniformly and 
splendidly. ' ]\r a Tavtor 
Houston, Texas, 1844. ’ -1AVLOR. 
“ Your Fottler Improved Marblehead cabbages are raised with great 
success here, much better than that Dutch Drumhead Cabbage seed 
It grows larger and stands the climate better.” A. Flake & Co ' 
Galveston, Texas, May 39, 1874. 
“ The Fottler’s Cabbage are the wonder of all, and readily command 
10 to 15 cents per head, when other kinds go hard at 5 cents or less ” 
Hubbardston, Mich., Sept. 4, 1873. Charles H. Seaver. 
“ A friend of mine has raised the Fottler’s Cabbage to the great 
weight of 34 lbs. per head, and an average of 25 per head by the whole 
^ n7 JoH]S ' w - Fonnsbury. 
Cannons Station, Conn., March' 5, 1873. 
“ My Fottler’s Early Drumhead Cabbages were the admiration of all 
who saw them, for I had the only cabbages in the neighborhood that 
were good. The more I buy of your seeds the better I like them.” 
Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio, Jan. 19, 1873. William W. Petry. 
“ Although your seeds did splendidly, Fottler’s Early Drumhead 
Cabbage was especially the admiration of our neighbors.” 
Smyrna, Harrison Co., Ohio March 20, 1873. * Wm. Kirk. 
“ Your Fottler’s Drumhead Cabbage is the best lever saw in Tennessee • 
they beat any thing in the cabbaae line ; and your Cracker Onions cannot 
be surpassed by any ; in fact your seeds are all good, for I have ordered 
largely from you and they have always proved true to name.” 
Covington, Tennessee, April 17, 1872. James R. Arthur. 
“ I raised Fottler’s Cabbages last season that would weigh 25 pounds 
each, clear of waste leaves.” Stewart Newman 
Bucksberry, Ocean Co., N. J., March 20, 1871. 
“ The Fottler’s Cabbage seed I purchased from vou last year I planted 
the first of March. When I commenced taking them to market in June 
it was diverting to see others who had cabbage for sale tuck them down 
in one corner of their wagon, pretending to have none unless some of 
their special customers called for cabbage, when they would brino- them 
out, about as large as a tea-cup, half a dozen for a dime, while I was sell¬ 
ing the Fottler at twenty and twenty-five cents a head— which is an ex¬ 
traordinary price for a cabbage in this market. They are very reliable 
for heading for early or late crops. After I saw my late cabbages giving 
up the ghost, I planted the Fottler’s seed, and raised more cabbages than 
all the balance of cabbage growers m this county. This may seem like 
bragging on the Fottler’s Cabbage, but it is nevertheless true The Can¬ 
non Balls make excellent cabbages.” M P rWn?x> 
Jefferson City, Cole Co., Mo., Feb. 26, 1872. * • LER. 
“ The Fottler’s Cabbage and White Belgian Carrot were A, No. 1. I 
raised some Fottlers with heads, after the waste leaves were taken off, 
as large as a half bushel measure.” George A. Sammis. 
Huntington, L. I., (N. Y.,) Feb. 27, 1872. 
“ Your Fottler’s Cabbages that I raised last year were splendid. I en¬ 
tered six heads of them at the Ogdensburg City Fair that weighed 80 
pounds, and they took first premium.” James Glancy. 
Rensselaer Falls, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., April 2, 1872. 
“ The Fottler’s Cabbage seed and Cannon Ball I got of you last spring 
were the finest early cabbages ever raised in this county, both for size 
and hardness of heads.” Joseph M. Gest. 
Columbus, Ky., Jan. 20, 1871. 
“Every one of your cabbages grew and made fine heads ; some of 
Fottler’s weighed 36 lbs. I took to the County Auditor one of your 30 
pounders as a guarantee of the quality of the Fottler. He asked me how 
many winters I had kept it in a cold frame, as he said it was far too big 
for a ‘ yearling.’ ” J. W. Murphy. 
Rosendale, Minn., Nov. G, 1871. 
“Ihad Fottler’s Cabbages from the seed obtained from you last year 
that weighed thirty-five pounds, and don’t think that there was a cab¬ 
bage in the lot but would weigh twenty pounds, and every plant had a 
good head.” Chas. G. Perkins. 
West Fork, Iowa, March 7, 1870. 
“ The Fottler’s Cabbage seed you sent me have grown the finest mar¬ 
ket heads. I have some more than two feet across, weighing 29* lbs ” 
Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 31, 1870. "E. Merrill. 
Little Pixie, Early Ulm Savoy, Schweinfurt 
Quintal. I recommend these three sorts as the best early 
Cabbages for family use. The first two are the earliest Cab¬ 
bages groum , being each of them earlier than Early York. 
Little Pixie heads very hard, and all cook very tender and 
sweet. The Savoys are the tenderest and richest flavored of 
all Cabbages, and for boiling are decidedly the best for family 
use, being much superior, if well grown, to the Drumhead and 
Cone-shaped varieties. Schweinfurt Quintal is decidedly the 
earliest of all the larger Drumheads ; the heads attain to a 
diameter of from 10 to 18 inches, are very symmetrically 
formed, and are remarkably tender. When cooked they are 
very sweet, and quite free from any strong Cabbage taste. 
They do not head hard, and being so very tender they will not 
bear transportation in bulk any distance without serious iniury • 
hence I recommend it as a capital Catbage for early use in the 
family, but not as a market. Cabbage, fitted for all localities, 
though veiy valuable for this purpose where the market is 
near at hand. 1 write of these three Cabbages from personal 
experience haying tested them with more than twenty other 
varieties. Packages of each of these forwarded to any address 
at 10 cents each. (See engravings, Plate 1.) J 
Improved American Savoy. This is the best of all the 
Savoys for the general market. It grows to a large size, is as 
reliable for heading as the Stone-Mason or Premium Elat 
Dutch and has as short a stump as either of these varieties. 
I heartily recommend it to all those market Gardeners who 
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Earlv M rNOTOSTADT Cabbage. Mo variety of early 
Cabbage, m my experience as a seedsman, haS had a more 
regular and rapid growth in popularity than the Winnigstadt 
w nch I attribute mostly to the fact that it is so remarkably 
leliable for heading even under very adverse circumstances I 
have seen large areas head up hard, almost uniformly, though 
from the character of the soil when they were planted evefy 
Cabbage grew stump-footed. The Winnigstadt is also a lS 
sized cabbage among the early kinds, and probably the hardest 
heading of all tfce conical varieties. In earliness it comes in 
about a week later than Early Oxheart. Should the soil of 
any of my farmer fnends be of so sandy a nature that they 
find it extremely difficult to perfect any variety of Cabba^T 
before bidding a final farewell to the cabbage family I would 
advise them to try the Winnigstadt. Planted in the latitude 
of Boston June 25th to July 1st the Wim-n*«-«wu- ™ i Ce 
good Cabbage for winter use. 7 (See engra^ng,f late^ ™™ a 
Cannon Ball Cabbage. This Cabbage is so called be 
cause the head is as round, and almost as hard and heavy as 
a cannon ball. I pronounce it as forming the roundest hardest 
and heaviest head in proportion to its size, of any Cabbage 
