JAMES VICK ,; ROCHESTER , .V. K 
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The Cabbage requires a deep, rich soil and thorough 
working. For early use, the plants should be started in 
a hot-bed or cold-frame ; but seed for winter Cabbage 
should be sown in a seed-bed, early in the spring. Some 
of the large late varieties seem to do best if the seed is 
sown in the hills where they are to remain, and in that 
case sow two or three seeds where each plant is desired, 
and then pull up all but the strongest. Plant the large 
varieties three feet apart; the small, early sorts, from a 
foot to eighteen inches. The Savoy Cabbages have 
wrinkled leaves and are of fine flavor, especially after a 
ittle frost has touched them in the autumn. Insects 
have been exceedingly troublesome to Cabbage in many 
sections of late years. Growers must try for a rapid 
growth, and wage a constant warfare against the enemy. 
Some gardeners grow plants for early summer Cab¬ 
bage in a frame in the autumn, protecting them with 
boards or matting during the winters. In mild climates 
Cabbage can be transplanted in the autumn, and will 
make considerable growth during the winter. 
Cabbage, Early Dwarf York, small, very early; 
per lb. $1.50; per oz. 15 cents,. 5 
Large York, larger than above; round head; 
good summer and fall sort; lb. $1.50; oz. 15 dls. 5 
Little Pixie, very early, small, and of delicate 
flavor ; per lb. gz.oo ; per oz. 20 cents, .... 5 
Wheeler’s Imperial. This is one of the best 
early varieties we have ever tried. Every 
plant heads if it has but half a chance ; per lb. 
$2.00; per oz. 20 cents,. 5 
Early Wakefield, (American seed,) the great 
favorite with market gardeners for the New 
York Market; the earliest and sure to head. 
The seed is true and the best; per lb. £8.00 
per oz. 70 cents ; per half oz. 40 cents, .... 10 
Henderson’s Early Summer. This is an old 
popular sort with the Long Island market gar¬ 
deners. It follows the Wakefield and resembles 
the Early Flat Dutch; per lb. $8.00; per oz. 
70 cents; per ^ oz. 40 cents, . 15 
Newark Early Flat Dutch. This is an excel¬ 
lent second early Cabbage, produced by a cross 
between the old Large Flat Dutch and Early 
Ox-heart. Our seed is true and excellent ; per 
lb. $8.00 ; per oz. 70 cents; per J4 oz. 40 cents, 10 
Enfield Market, large, compact head, early and 
superior; per lb. $2.oc; oz. 2o <fts., . 5 
Early Schweinfurth, an early Cabbage, for 
summer and autumn use, and of large size, but 
not solid; per oz. 40 < 5 ls. ; half oz. 25 cts., . . 15 
Winningstadt, a fine tender variety, sugar-loaf 
in form ; one of the best summer sorts ; if sown 
late,good for fall or even winter; per lb. $2.50; 
per oz. 2T5 cents,. 10 
Filderkraut. This is a new German Cabbage 
which wc introduced from Germany several 
years since, and altogether the most solid Cab¬ 
bage grown—almost as hard as marble, and 
sure to head. It is so good that it has become* 
very popular. This cabbage is so solid that it 
is in some measure proof against worms, at least 
so many persons write us. This is, of course, 
after the head matures. Per lb. $3.50; per oz. 
35 cents ; per half-ounce 20 cents, . 10 
Large French Oxheart, a fine, heart-shaped 
Cabbage, coming in use after Early York and 
other earlier sorts ; very tender and fine flavor¬ 
ed, and heads freely ; lb. $2.00; oz. 20 cents, . 5 
Stone Mason Marblehead, a large, solid, 
tender and excellent free heading winter 
Cabbage; lb. $4.50; oz. 40 cts.; l A oz. 25 cts., 10 
Marblehead Mammoth, very large winter 
Cabbage; heads freely, and with good soil will 
grow to an enormous size; per lb. $5.00; per 
oz. 45 cents ; per half oz. 30 cents,. 10 
Cabbage, Large Late Drumhead, a very supe¬ 
rior drumhead variety, grown from choice 
heads; per lb. $3.00; per oz. 30 cents, .... 5 
Excelsior Large Flat Dutch. This is a 
very superior strain of the old Large Flat Dutch. 
Grown from the best heads ; per lb. £6.00; per 
oz. 50 cents; % oz. 30 cents. 10 
Premium Flat Dutch, heads well and keeps 
over finely ; per lb. $4.00; per oz. 35 cents, . . 10 
Large Flat Dutch, good for fall or winter 
crop, resembling the Drumhead ; per lb. £1.50 ; 
per oz. 15 cents. 5 
Fottler’s Improved Brunswick, per lb. $5.00; 
per oz. 45 cents ; *4 oz. 30 cents,. 1 -> 
Drumhead Savoy, one of the very best winter 
Cabbages; per lb. $1.50; per oz. 15 cents, . . 5 
Perfection Drumhead Savoy. This is an¬ 
other variety which the market gardeners in 
the neighborhood of New York think they have 
so much improved as to entitle it to a name. It 
is from the old Drumhead Savoy; per lb. $5 00^ 
per oz. 45 cents ; per oz. 30 cents,. 10 
Dwarf Green Curled Savoy, heads small and 
rather loose ; very hardy and excellent; per lb. 
$1.50; per oz. 15 cents,. 5 
Early Dwarf Ulm Savoy, heads round and 
very solid and of fine quality ; forms its head 
very early; per lb. $2.00; per oz. 20 cents, . . 5 
Large Late Blood Red, pure; for pickling; 
per lb. $2.50; per oz. 25 cents,. 10 
Early Blood Red, early variety ; will make fine 
winter Cabbage if sown quite late in the open 
ground; per lb. $4.00; per oz. 40 cents, . ... ro 
COLLARDS. 
Collards, Creole, the popular Creole Collard, so 
well known and prized at the South, and so nicely 
adapted to the Southern climate. We have 
taken pains to secure this at the special re¬ 
quest of our customers in the Southern States ; 
per lb. $3.00; per oz. 30 cents,. 10 
CHICORY. 
Sow Chicory seed in the 
spring, in drills half an inch 
deep, in a good mellow soil, and 
the after culture is the same as 
for Carrots. In the autumn the 
plants will be ready for blanch¬ 
ing, when it is used as a salad. 
The principal use of Chicory, 
however, is as a substitute for 
Coffee. The roots arc cut and 
dried, and then roasted for 
adulteration with Coffee. An 
ounce of seed will sow about one 
hundred feet of drill, and from 
two to three pounds an acre. 
Chicory, Large - Rooted Long Magdeburg, 
per lb. $1.25; per oz . 10 
CHIVES. 
The Chives are small and not 
very important members of the 
Onion tribe, quite hardy everywhere. 
The leaves are slender, and appear 
very early in the spring, and may 
be shorn several times during the 
season. They are propagated by 
divisions of the root. The Chives 
makes the very best border for beds 
in the vegetable garden, and arc not 
only ornamental, bearing pink flow¬ 
ers, and a mass of green leaves, but 
equal to the Onion for flavoring soups and salads. 
Roots, per bunch,. 25 
