. Cabbages: how to grow them. Cabbage. [from old catalog]. CABBAGES, HOW TO GROW THEM, ETC. 45 The following are the standard American varieties of cabbage; Early Wakefield, Early Wyman, Crane's Early, Cannon Ball, Early Low Dutch, Premium Flat Dutch, Stone Mason, Large Late Drumhead, Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead, American Green Glazed, Fottler's Drumhead, Bergen Drumhead, Drumhead Savoy, and American Green Globe Savoy. All of these varieties as I have previously stated are but improvements of foreign kinds ; but they are so far im- proved through years of careful selection and cultivation, tha
. Cabbages: how to grow them. Cabbage. [from old catalog]. CABBAGES, HOW TO GROW THEM, ETC. 45 The following are the standard American varieties of cabbage; Early Wakefield, Early Wyman, Crane's Early, Cannon Ball, Early Low Dutch, Premium Flat Dutch, Stone Mason, Large Late Drumhead, Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead, American Green Glazed, Fottler's Drumhead, Bergen Drumhead, Drumhead Savoy, and American Green Globe Savoy. All of these varieties as I have previously stated are but improvements of foreign kinds ; but they are so far im- proved through years of careful selection and cultivation, that as a rule they appear quite distinct from the origi- nal kinds when grown side by side with them, and this distinction is more or less recognized in both English and American catalogues by the adjective " American" or " English" being added after varieties bearing the same name. Early Wakefield, sometimes called Early Jersey Wakefield.— .«/^r^;v-r^-^ ^^ Heads mostly nearly conical in shape but some- times nearly round, of good size for early, very reliable for heading; stumps short. A very popular ear 1 y cabbage in the markets of Boston and New York. Plant two and a half feet by two feet. Early Wyman. This cabbage is nais^ed after Capt. Wyman of Cambridge, the originator. Like Early. 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 Gregory, James John Howard, 1827-1910. [from old catalog]. Salem, Mass. , Observer steam print.
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