Dreer's garden calendar : 1900 . dreersgardencale1900henr Year: 1900 24 MfADREER -PHILAKLPHIA-PA- W RELIABLE VtOETABLE SEED5 Early Jersey Wakefield LAKGE JeKSEY WaKEFIELD (ChAKLESLONJ. ...CABBAQR. For very early use sow in January or February in hot-beds ; prick out when the plants are strong enough, into other hot-beds; or sow in cold frames inMarch, transplant when danger from killing frosts is passed to the open ground, in rows 2 feet apart and 18 inches in the row. For a succession sow in the open ground the last of March or early in April. The autumn and winter varieties sow in April
Dreer's garden calendar : 1900 . dreersgardencale1900henr Year: 1900 24 MfADREER -PHILAKLPHIA-PA- W RELIABLE VtOETABLE SEED5 Early Jersey Wakefield LAKGE JeKSEY WaKEFIELD (ChAKLESLONJ. ...CABBAQR. For very early use sow in January or February in hot-beds ; prick out when the plants are strong enough, into other hot-beds; or sow in cold frames inMarch, transplant when danger from killing frosts is passed to the open ground, in rows 2 feet apart and 18 inches in the row. For a succession sow in the open ground the last of March or early in April. The autumn and winter varieties sow in April or early in May, in shallow drills, 3 or 4 inches apart; transplant early in July, in rows 2J feet apart, and 2 feet in the row. Cabbage succeeds best in a fresh, rich soil, well manured, and deeply dug or p'lowed. The late plants are sub- ject to attacks of the cabbage-fly, which de-troys them as fast as they appear aliove ground. To preserve the plants sprinkle them with wood ashes, air-slacked lime, plaster, slug-shot or tobacco dust early in the morning while the plants are wet with dew. EARLY VARIETIES. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; M lb., 75 cts.; lb., , except where noted. Early Jersey Wakefield (see cut). The leading early variety and the best for private or market gardener's use. We have sold this sort for the past twenty-six years. Our strain is being constantly improved, both in purity and earliness. There is no Cabbage so widely known as the Early Jersey Wakefield. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts. ; J lb., $; lb., $4 00. Large Jersey Wakefield (Charleston) (see cut). Selected stock. Large solid heads, of good quality, a few days later than Early Jersey Wakefield; specially recom- mended for institutions and market gardeneis, producing fully twice as much per acre as the early variety. The strain we offer is of exceptional purity and cannot fail to give satisfac- tion, as it combines all the good qualities of an early long- keeping sort, which is especially desirab
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