E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower &; kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 White per oz. pe. Later than the preceding; should be planted earl} in April. The heads, when perfected, are large and white, and compact. Per pkt., 10 . .75 Chappell's Large Cream Colored. A very large and fine sort; flower cream-yellow; very early. Per pkt., 10 .6'3 Sno\i ''s Superb White Winter. A dwarf variety. The leaves are broad, with short stems; the heads are large, white, very compact. Per pkt., 10 . . .7fj Carter's Champio
E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower &; kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 White per oz. pe. Later than the preceding; should be planted earl} in April. The heads, when perfected, are large and white, and compact. Per pkt., 10 . .75 Chappell's Large Cream Colored. A very large and fine sort; flower cream-yellow; very early. Per pkt., 10 .6'3 Sno\i ''s Superb White Winter. A dwarf variety. The leaves are broad, with short stems; the heads are large, white, very compact. Per pkt., 10 . . .7fj Carter's Champion. Dwarf, compact-growing, large-headed; the best late variety in cultivation. Per pkt., 10 50 Carter's Summer. A new variety, with enormous, close, white heads, coming be- tween the late Broccoli and the Cauliflower. Per pkt., 10 . . .5C EARLY SCHWEINFURTH CABBAGE. CABBAGE (Brassica Oleracea Capitata). German, Kopfkolil. — French, Chou Pomme. — Spanish, RepoUo. One of the most popular vegetables grown. Culture.— The Cabbage can be cultivated by the most simple and easy means. It grows in most soils, and produces its beneficial heads nine months in the year. The ground must be rich, or made so by a good coat of manure, as they have strong, tapering roots. Digging or ploughing deep is very essential. For early us.°t. sow in hotbeds in February or March; and for winter, the seeds may be sown in the ope^i „ '^''nd in May or June. When five or six inches high, transplant to from twelve to thirty inches. Wintering Cabbages. — If you have not a dry, airy, vegetable cellar nor open shed to spare for burying them, take a sheltered part of the garden, and bury the roots, stalks, and part of the head, in the earth; over which, in severe weather, place a good sprinkling of straw, and a few boards. In southern latitudes, this is unnecessary. per o;',. Early Wyman. The best and most profitable early market-cabbage grown. It hea4» early, is of large size and first quali
Size: 1567px × 1276px
Photo credit: © Bookworm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: archive, book, drawing, historical, history, illustration, image, page, picture, print, reference, vintage
