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Drumhead, and Norwegian. The table qualities of the Savoy are 
decidedly superior to those of the common, or smooth-leaved cab- 
bage. 
Haperiments. 
In 18838 we selected samples of seed from the various parts of a 
_ plant of the Winnigstadt variety, set out for the purpose of produce | 
ing seed, and also picked a quantity of unripe pods from different 
parts of the same plant. On March 25, we planted four samples 
of seed as follows: Seeds from the terminal pod, seeds from 
terminal stalk, seeds from the lower branches, and seeds gathered 
green. On May 5, we transplanted eleven plants of each sample 
to the garden. We were interested to note that every plant that 
survived of the four selections, forty-one in all, formed a good head. 
No difference was noticeable in the plants from the different selec- - 
tions of seed, with the exceptions of those from the pods gathered 
slightly green. This seed vegetated best of the four samples, and 
the heads formed earlier and were decidedly larger than those from 
any of the other samples of seed. The first head from the green 
seed was of merchantable size on July 29, or 126 days from _plant- 
ing, while from the other sample of seed the first heads were formed 
August 3 to 6, or 131 to 134 days from planting. The average 
diameter of the heads from the green seed was six and one-half 
inches, while that from the other samples of seed was four and three- 
fourths inches. It seems hardly possible that this difference in favor 
of the green seed can be entirely due to accident. 
We have made preparations for repeating this experiment on a 
more extended scale next season. 
Haperinent with Fertilizers. 
It has been claimed that sulphate of iron (copperas) used in con- 
nection with other fertilizers, possesses an especial merit as a fertili- 
zer for plants that develop a large amount of foliage. 
Jn order to test this substance as a fertilizer for cabbage, we marked 
off three small plats in the garden, each of which contained 245 
square feet, or about ;4, of an acre. The soil had already re- 
ceived a moderate application of stable manure. 
We will designate the plats as A, B and C, respectively. On May 
31, we set out the three plats to cabbages, using the Landreth’s Large 
Late Mountain variety. Each plat contained thirty-six plants. On 
June 19, we applied to plat A sulphate of iron in solution at the 
rate of (as nearly as could be calculated) 200 pounds per acre. To 
plat B we applied the same amount of sulphate of iron in solution, 
and in addition, superphosphate at the rate of (as nearly as could be 
calculated) 1,000 pounds per acre. To plat C we applied superphos- 
phate alone at the same rate as in plat B. 
On September 14, we harvested the crop, the earlier heads at this 
time being about to burst. On plat A, thirty-four plants survived, 
