. Almanac and garden manual for the southern states of the J. Steckler Seed Co., Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Crescent City Flat Dutch. count of being flat. Very good variety for family use. Early Drumhead. A similar variety to the above; a little earlier, and not mak- ing as many leaves, it can be planted close. A good early spring cabbage Large Flat Brunswick. This is a late Germon variety, introduced here about' 30 years ago by the late Richard
. Almanac and garden manual for the southern states of the J. Steckler Seed Co., Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Crescent City Flat Dutch. count of being flat. Very good variety for family use. Early Drumhead. A similar variety to the above; a little earlier, and not mak- ing as many leaves, it can be planted close. A good early spring cabbage Large Flat Brunswick. This is a late Germon variety, introduced here about' 30 years ago by the late Richard Frotscher. It is an excellent kind, and when well headed up. the shape of it is a true type of a premium Flat Dutch Cabbage. Requires very rich ground if sown for winter crop, and should be sown early, as it is a little more susceptible of frost than the Superior Flat Dutch. It Is well adapted for ship- ping, being very hard, and does not wilt so quick as others. At Frenier, on the Illi- nois Central Railroad, this is the kind prin- cipally planted, and is preferred over all other varieties. The people living there plart nothing else but cabbage, and have tried nearly all highly recommended vari- eties, and this is their choice. At that place the seeds are sown in October and November. The bulk of the cabbage raised there is shipped North in April and May, and is the finest which comes to the Chicago market. Improved Early Summer. This cab- bage is of recent introduction. It is not quite so large as the Brunswick; for fall it can be sown in August; for spring, in Novem- ber and as late as January, heads up very uniform and does not produce many outside leaves. It is hardier than the Brunswick, and stands the cold and heat better. The seed we offer is the best strain cultivated, and can be planted closer together than the late varieties—say about 8,000 to the acre. The finest crop of this variety (one hundred and fifty thousand heads of cabbage) we ever saw, was raised a few y
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