. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. BURPEE'S SPECIALTIES FOR 1890. 27. BURPEE'S Short-Stem Drumhead Cabbage. The Drumhkad combines, to a wonderful degree, all de<^iraMe requisites. It has a very short stem and grows very compactly—the leaves all turning in to form the head, with very few loose leaves—thus allowing the plants to be set close together. The heads are very large, EXTRA HARD, SOLID, round, flattened on the top; they grow most
. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. BURPEE'S SPECIALTIES FOR 1890. 27. BURPEE'S Short-Stem Drumhead Cabbage. The Drumhkad combines, to a wonderful degree, all de<^iraMe requisites. It has a very short stem and grows very compactly—the leaves all turning in to form the head, with very few loose leaves—thus allowing the plants to be set close together. The heads are very large, EXTRA HARD, SOLID, round, flattened on the top; they grow most uniform in size and -v. shape, and present the handsome appearance well depicted in the illustration. Heads /T T TTV frequently attain twenty or thirty pounds in weight, and are always of the finest quality. I \£|/^) For reliability of heading, this variety is, from long-continued selection, also remarkable. For each 100 plants set out, at least 9<S large, solid heads may be confidently expected. — The large, solid heads, and remarkablyshort legs," have elicited much praise from experienced cabbage growers. Our customers in the South, where so many varieties fail to head, will find that they can rely on the New Short-Stem Drumhkad Cabbage. Per pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; 2 ozs. 70 cts.; ^ lb $ ; per IT) $ PHT^ THF ^niTTH There is no has proved more satisfactory than Burpee's Short-Stem •rv-Tv iniL OVJUllii Diu'MHEAD. Last year, when we had none of the seed to sell, hundreds of our Southern customers were greatly disappointed in not being able to procure it. Mr. A. C. Berry, a cabbage grower of Pensacola, Fla., was so delij^hted with his field oi Sliort-Stem Z?r«/«/f<-<jti;/e plant that did not head hard. The cabbage of which this is a photograph was set out September 15th and cut January loth. Weight of the head 13^^ lbs " WHITE CHINESE RADISH. While in California we noticed that the Chinese gardeners had an entirely distinc
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