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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 
little frost has touched them in the autumn. Some gar¬ 
deners grow plants for early summer Cabbage in a frame 
in the autumn, protecting them with boards or matting 
during the winter. In mild climates Cabbage can be 
transplanted in the autumn. 
Insects have been exceedingly troublesome to Cab¬ 
bage in many sections of late years. Growers must try 
for a rapid growth, and wage a constant warfare against 
the enemy. See advertisement of Vick's Exterminator. 
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 < 5 ts. 5 
Little Pixie, very early, small, and of delicate 
flavor; per lb. $2.00; per oz. 20 cents, .... 5 
Wheeler’s Imperial. This is one of the best 
early varieties we have ever tried; lb. £3.00; 
oz. 30 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. £3.50; 
per oz. 35 cents ; per half oz. 20 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 ; should be sown in hot¬ 
bed in February or March, as when sown in 
the fall and wintered over, the plants are in¬ 
clined to run to seed ; per lb. $3.00 ; per oz. 
30 cents ; per half oz. 20 cents, . 10 
Newark Early Flat Dutch. This is an excel¬ 
lent second early Cabbage, produced by a cross 
between the old Large Flat Dutch and Early 
Oxheart. Our seed is true and excellent; per 
lb. J3.50 ; per oz. 35 cents ; per y 2 oz. 20 cents, 10 
Enfield Market, large, compact head, early and 
superior; per lb. $3.00; oz. 3o<5ls., . 5 
Early Schweinfurth, an early Cabbage, for 
summer and autumn use; of large size, but not 
solid; perlb. £2.00; per oz. 20 < 5 ts.; y oz. iscts., 5 
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. £1.50; 
per oz. 15 cents, . 5 
Filderkraut. This is a new German Cabbage 
which we introduced from Germany several 
years since, and altogether the most solid Cab¬ 
bage grown— almost as hard as marble, and 
sure to head. Per lb. $2.50; per oz. 25 cents; 
per half-ounce 20 cents, . 5 
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. $1.50; oz. 15 cents, . 5 
Fottler’s Improved Brunswick, per lb. $2.50; 
per oz. :>3 cents ; (4 oz. 15 cents . 10 
Louisville Drumhead, a variety grown largely 
by market gardeners in the Southwest. It stands 
hot weather better than most other sorts, and is 
sure cropper. Resembles Premium Flat Dutch ; 
per. II). $4.00; per oz. 40 cents; y 2 oz. 25 cents, 10 
Marblehead Mammoth, very large winter 
Cabbage; heads freely, and with good soil will 
grow to an enormous size; per lb. $3.00; per 
oz. 30 cents ; per half oz. 20 cents,. 10 
ochester, * ]\[. * y. -i’r 
Cabbage, Stone Mason Marblehead, a large, 
solid, tender and excellent free-heading winter 
Cabbage; lb. 5*3.00; oz. 3octs.; J 4 oz. 20 cts., 10 
Large Late Drumhead, a very superior drum¬ 
head variety, grown from choice heads; per 
lb. £2.00; per oz. 2octs.; per oz. 15 cts., . . 5 
Excelsior Large Flat Dutch. 'Phis is a 
very superior strain of the old Large Flat Dutch. 
Grown from the best heads ; per lb. $3.50; per 
oz. 35 cents ; ]/ 2 oz. 20 cents, . 10 
Premium Flat Dutch, heads well and keeps 
over finely; lb. £2.00; oz. 2octs.; y> oz. iscts., 5 
Large Flat Dutch, good for fall or winter 
crop, resembling the Drumhead ; per lb. £1.50; 
per oz. 15 cents . 5 
Large Late Blood Red, pure; for pickling; 
perlb. $1.50; per oz. 15 cents, . 5 
Early Blood Red, early variety ; will make fine 
winter Cabbage if sown quite late in the open 
ground; perlb. $1.50; peroz. 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. $3.00; 
per oz. 30 cents ; per y 2 oz. 20 cents,. 10 
Drumhead Savoy, one of the very best winter 
Cabbages; perlb. $1.50; peroz. 15 cents, . . 5 
Dwarf Green Curled Savoy, heads small and 
rather loose ; very hardy and excellent; per lb. 
$1.50; peroz. 15 cents,. 5 
Early Dwarf Ulm Savoy, heads round and 
very solid and of fine quality; forms its head 
very early; per lb. £1.50; per oz. 15 cents, . . 5 
COLLARDS. 
Collards, wen known and prized at the South, and 
so nicely adapted to the Southern climate; 
per lb. $2.00; per oz. 20 cents,. 5 
CAULIFLOWER. 
The Cauliflower delights in a rich soil and abundance 
of water. By sowing the early varieties in the spring, 
in a hot-bed or cold-frame, or even in an open border, 
they can be obtained in pretty good season. For late 
Cauliflower, sow seed in a cool, moist place, on the 
north side of a building or tight fence, in this latitude 
about the first of May, and they will not be troubled 
with the little black beetle, so destructive to everything 
of the Cabbage tribe when young. Do not allow the 
plants to become crowded in the seed-bed. Transplant 
in moist weather, or shade the newly set plants. A 
moist atmosphere and a rich soil suit the Cauliflower, 
and we must try to secure this as well as we can. In a 
dry time Cauliflower must be watered. We have seen 
large plantations in Europe that were watered everyday. 
Any person who has a good deep muck partially drain¬ 
ed, we think, can raisegood Cauliflower with little trouble. 
Cauliflower that have not headed may be taken up be¬ 
fore hard frosts and put in a cellar or pit, the roots in 
earth, and many will grow tolerably fair heads during 
