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Cabbage 
CULTURD: 1 oz. of seed will produce 3,000 plants, 8 oz. per acre. 
' EARLY SORTS. In the Prairie States April 10th is about the 
right time to set out plants into the fleld. 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 vf June. About July 20th you 
will get from this sowing large and stocky plants which you set out 
In rows 3 feet apart and 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. 
Where only one variety is planted we suggest either ALL HHAD 
HARLY or DELUX. 
If you want extreme earliness without regard to quality choose 
COPENHAGEN MARKBET. If you like quality with fairly early 
maturity then plant either BARLY SPRING (round head) or JER- 
SEY WAKEFIELD (conical head). : 
The medium early varieties are nearly all of good flavor. Alli Sea- 
sons, Harly Flat Dutch, Harly Summer, Faultless, Sure Crop and 
All Head Early are all good sorts. GLORY OF ENKHOUSEN has 
hard round heads and while of good quality is really not the equal 
of the other varieties mentioned, ; 
For late cabbage either for Sauer Kraut or for storing, LATH 
FLAT DUTCH is the outstanding sort. The head 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 exception. 
DANISH CABBAGE like Danish Ball Head, Hollander, Dutch 
Winter, etc., are splendid keepers and for this reason splendid as late 
varieties. But they are coarse and have heavier ribs than Late Flat 
Dutch and are not quite its equal in flavor and tenderness. 
RED CABBAGES, 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 quite 
short stalks. Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c; Ib. $4.80. > 
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 
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JOHNSON’S DRUMHEAD (105 days) 
One of the finest main crop sorts, of extra strong growth, the 
heads very large, round, flattened at top, remarkably uniform. extra 
hard, firm, and fine in texture. Average weight from 12 to 16 lbs. per 
bead. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; lb. $4.00, prepaid. 
BUGNER (94 days)—Yellows resistant. Holland type. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
40c; lb. $8.80. 




NEW CABBAGE DELUX (94 days) 
THE MOST PROFITABLE LATE VARIETY 
YELLOWS RESISTANT 
The finest, most reliable, sure heading, longest keeping 
and best paying late variety. A few days earlier than Danish 
Ballhead, 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 not plow my cabbage under. My Delux was all headed 
out and finer cabbage I have never seen. Out of the 10 thou- 
sand plants only 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 hurt it. Delux is a first rate keeper, wilt resistant 
and can be planted close. Average weight per head eight 
pounds. Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c; lb. $5.00. 
’ 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 
likely 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 til| 
spring. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; lb. $6.40. 
CABBAGE GREEN ACRE (70 days) 
Green Acre is a new variety, heads round like a ball 
solid and heavy, enveloping leaves clear glossy dark green, 
suggesting “fresh” appearance. Stalks short. About 85% of 
the crop is ready to cut 70 days from transplanting, the bal- 
ance of the crop is ready. within 10 days after that. Good 
yielder, réliable crop producer and keeps for.a long time in 
storage, retaining its fresh green color. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c, 
prepaid. 
GOLDEN ACRE CABBAGE (65 days) 
An early variety of Copenhagen Market type, but several day: 
earlier, Beads round, solid and ready to cut at almost one cutting 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 45¢; Ib.. $4.80. 
YELLOWS RESISTANT GOLDEN ACRE 
Identical in every respect with regular Golden Acre, this strain ia 
yellows resistant producing first class crops on diseased soils. 
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD (62 days) 
Extremely early variety very valuable for home and 
raarket garden as well as for shipment. Plants very smal) 
and compact, allowing very close planting; stem short. Heads 
conical, usually 7 in. long, 5 in. thick near base, firm and 
weigh 2-2% Ibs. Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c. 
