Archive image from page 20 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 SEED GROWERS 17 Cabbage, Savoy Chieftain SAVOY, CHIEFTAIN (Our Introduction) (AU-America Award, 1938.) 88 days. Earlier than standard market varieties of Savoy. Plants medium size, short stemmed, and compact. Leaves broad, rounded, closely and uniformly savoyed, dark olive green in color. Heads medium large, drumhead type, thick, flat, rounded on top, flat at base, firm and well folded, with cap leaves well overlapped; stands a long time without bursting. Not re
Archive image from page 20 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 SEED GROWERS 17 Cabbage, Savoy Chieftain SAVOY, CHIEFTAIN (Our Introduction) (AU-America Award, 1938.) 88 days. Earlier than standard market varieties of Savoy. Plants medium size, short stemmed, and compact. Leaves broad, rounded, closely and uniformly savoyed, dark olive green in color. Heads medium large, drumhead type, thick, flat, rounded on top, flat at base, firm and well folded, with cap leaves well overlapped; stands a long time without bursting. Not resistant to fusarium yellows. Volga 85 days. Hardy, heavily productive main crop variety for home and market garden. Heads flattened globe-shaped; 9—11 in. across, almost as deep; weigh about 10 lbs.; stem short. WISCONSIN BALLHEAD (Yellows Resistant) 90 days A desirable new strain which produces excellent crops on soil in- fested with 'yellows'. Keeps well, is of fine texture, and matures slightly earlier than Wisconsin No. 8. Wisconsin No. 8 (Yellows Resistant) 90 to 100 days Splendid late cabbage for storage, shipment and kraut manu- facture. Strain developed out of Ferry's Hollander at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin; heavy yielder on land infested so badly with the yellows disease that other varieties fail completely. Plants large and very hardy. The heads are large, globular to flattened globe shape, very firm, weigh 7—9 lbs., of excellent quality and keep well until spring. Telegraph Code Word CAAIN CALGA CACEN CAATE CHINESE CABBAGE Seeds sown out of doors late in July at our Oakview Experimental Gardens near Detroit produce firm mature heads in October. The heads keep well in storage for at least two months. CHIHLI Todays Early and very sure heading. Head becomes 18—20 in. tall, 33—4 in. thick, tapered near tip, very firm, well blanched, crisp, tender, and sweet. Superior to Chinese Improved or Pe Tsai. Telegraph Code Word CAHIL Wong Bol< 75 days Heads 8—10 in
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