COUNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA 
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Cabbage 
CULTURE: 1 oz. of seed will produce 3.000 plants, 8 oz. per acre. 
EAKLV 80RT8. In the I’ralrle States April 10th is about the 
right time to set out plants into the fiebi. 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 in 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 anil 18 inches In the row. Your crop will be 
ready In October and November. Number of days indicates days from 
setting of plants to marketable heads. 
Which Cabbage Is The Best? 
Cabbages differ in size, shape, earliness, color, flavor and keeping 
qualities. This makes a long list necessary. 
W'here 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, P'aultless, Sure Crop and 
All Head Early are all good sorts. GLORY OF ENKIIOUSKN has 
hard round beads and while of good quality is really not the equal 
of the other varieties mentioned. 
For late cabbage either for Saner Kraut or for storing, LATE 
FLAT DUTCH is the outstamling sort. The hea<l is large, heavy 
and fairly solid, the ribs small, the leaves tender and the flavor 
excellent. It has been 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 excei)tlon. 
DANISH CARU.AGK like Danish Ball Head. Hollander, Dutch 
Winter, etc., are splendid keepers and for this reason splendid as lute 
varieties. But they are coarse and have heavier ribs than Late Flat 
Dutch and are not quite Its eiiual in flavor an»i tenderness. 
RKD <'4BB.\<iES, Black Diamond is fine early. Model best late. 
SAVOY CABBAGES have a crinkled leaf. Many prefer them 
claiming superior quality. 
COPENHAGEN MARKET (70 days) 
The heads are ball shaped, average about eight pounds 
each in weight, have a small core, and are produced on qulle 
short stalks. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; oz. 30c; % lb. 50c; lb. 
$2.00; 10 lbs. $15.00. 
GLORY OF ENKHOUSEN (75 days) 
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. 6c; ^ oz. 10c; oz. 20c; ^ lb. SOc; lb. $2.00; 
2 lbs. $3.65; 10 lbs. $16.00, prepaid. 
JOHNSON’S DRUMHEAD (105 days) 
One of the finest main crop sorts, of extra strong growth, the 
heads very large, round, fl.ittened at top, remarkably uniform, extra 
hard, firm, and fine in texture. Average weight from 12 to 16 lbs. per 
head. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; lb. $1.80, prepaid. 
BrONKR (94 days)—Yellows resistant. Holland type. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
40c; lb. $3.80. 
NEW CABBAGE DELUX (94 days) 
THE MOST l*KOFIT4ni>E T.ATE TAfilETT 
YELLOWS RESISTANT 
The finest, most reliable, sure heading, longest keeping 
and best paying late variety. A few days earlier than Danish 
Ball bead, 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 and 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 noi plow my cabbage under. My Delux was all headed 
out and finer cabbage I have never seen. Out of the 10 thou¬ 
sand plants onlv 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 hurl it. Delux is a first rate keeper, wilt resistant 
and can be planted close. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $3.80. 
CABBAGE WISCONSIN No. 8 (100 days) 
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 
likel;f 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. 
GOLDEN ACRE CABBAGE (65 days) 
An early variety of Gopenhagen Market type, but several days 
earlier. Heads round, solid and ready to cut at almost one cutting. 
I'kt. 10c; oz. 30c; lb. $2.00; 10 lbs. $16.00, prepaid. 
YELLOWS RESISTANT GOLDEN ACRE 
Identical In every respect with regular (R)lden Acre, this strain Is 
yellows resistant producing first class crops on diseased soils. Pkt. 
10c; oz. SOc; lb. $5.00. 
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD (62 days) 
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. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
20c; lb. $1.80; 10 lbs. $14.00, prepaid. 
CABBAGE FAULTLESS 
Fniiltlcss Is a medium early sort ripening from two to three weeks 
after the early kinds, forming large heads averaging 12 lbs. on good 
ground. The beads are hard, flattened, have only very few outer 
leaves iitui the inside of the head Is white. A good keeper, a good 
seller, dependable as to crop, fine for slaw, boiled or made Into 
sauerkraut. In a word. It Is faultless. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; lb. $1.80, 
postpaid. 
