. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. !MARBLEHEAD MAMMOTH DRUMHEAD CABBAGE. Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead. The largest Cabbage in the world. This (the Mammoth) is, without doubt, the largest variety of the Cab- bage family in the world, be-ing the result of the extreme of'high culture. In form this variety difter«, the head being sometimes nearly hemispheri- cal, at other times nearly flnt. Under high cultu
. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. !MARBLEHEAD MAMMOTH DRUMHEAD CABBAGE. Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead. The largest Cabbage in the world. This (the Mammoth) is, without doubt, the largest variety of the Cab- bage family in the world, be-ing the result of the extreme of'high culture. In form this variety difter«, the head being sometimes nearly hemispheri- cal, at other times nearly flnt. Under high culture it is compact and hard. Its size is indeed mammoth, ranging from that of a half-bushel measure up to that of a two-bushel basket,\and even larger. They have been grown, and, when stripped of all waste leaves, could not be got into a two-bushel basket. Per pkt., 10 40 Foltler's Improved Brunswick. The Earliest, Shortest-stemmed, and very best Dmm- head yet offered. The Boston market-gardeners all use it in preference to y any other. Every plant produces a good head, — when fully grown A weighing from twenty to thirty pounds, — and requiring only ordinary ^ cultivation. The quality is excellent. Per pkt., 10 Premium Flat Dutch. A low-growing variety; heads large, bluish-gi-een, round, solid, broad and flat on the top, and often tinted with red :\nd brown. As a winter variety, it has no superior. Per pkt., 10 Red Dutch, or Pickling. This sort is used mostly for pickling, and often cut in shreds and served as a salad; medium size, oblong shape, and very solid-, 'jKv of a deep red or purple color. Per pkt., 10 40 30 i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washburn & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Boston, Mass. : E. Fred Washburn Seed and Horticultural Wareho
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