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The experience of the past season would lead us to recommend the 
Early Oxheart as a ‘first early” variety. The Early Flat Dutch, 
Winnigstadt and Schweinfurt Quintal as intermediates, and the 
Premium Flat Dutch as a late variety. 
We append descriptions of these: 
Farly Oxheart, syn. “ Small Oxheart,” ** Oxheart,” “* Petit Ceur 
de Beuf,’ from France. Head rather small, roundish, oval, leaves 
light green; those outside of the head few in number, stem short. 
Owing to its small size it may be grown sixteen inches apart, in rows - 
two feet apart. 
Newark Early Flat Dutch. A cross between the Old Large Flat 
Dutch and Early Oxheart. A dwarf variety. Head large, roundish, 
nearly flat on the top. Largely grown by market gardeners about 
New York. The Vilmorin Early Flat Dutch is a French strain of 
this variety, differing slightly in the form of the head. 
Winnigstadt, syn. ‘ Pointed Head,” “ Winnigstadt Pointed Head,” 
‘*Pointu de Winnigstadt.” A German variety. Head of medium size. 
Conical extremely solid. Leaves of the head yellowish green with 
large veins and midribs; exterior leaves large, short and rounded, 
smooth ; stem short; heads keep well during winter. 
Schweinfurt Quintal, syn. “ Harly Schweinfurt,” ‘* Large Early 
Schweinfurt,” “Schweinfurt,” ‘* Chou d’ Allemande,” ‘Chou d’ Alsace,” 
“Chou Quintal,’ from Germany. Heads large, flattish, round, very 
symmetrical, distinct from the exterior leaves, not very solid, but su- 
perior in tenderness and flavor. Stem short and thick. Leaves large, 
somewhat festooned, of a clear green color. Seeds of this variety 
were distributed from the patent office in 1854. 
Premium Flat Dutch, syn. “Large Flat Dutch,” “ Premium 
Large Late Flat Dutch,’ * Bloomsdale Late Flat Dutch.” Heads 
large, round, solid, broad and flat on the top, bluish green, often 
tinted with red or brown. Exterior leaves rather numerous, roundish, 
broad, somewhat ruffled at the edges, which often assume a purple 
cast late in the season. Stem short. In some strains the heads are 
round on the top. | 
Thirty seeds each of three varieties of Cauliflower, three of Kohl 
Rabi, one of Broccoli and one of Brussels Sprouts, planted in the 
cold frame April 7 and 8, vegetated as follows: 
