. Annual descriptive catalogue and calendar : seeds. Nursery stock Connecticut New Haven Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 4 FRANK S. PLATT'S FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL. THE LUPTON CABBAGE. Mr. L-upton, the originator of this Cabbage, is one of the largest producers of Cabbage seed in this country. For years he has made the business a careful study and devoted his time to it exclusively and annually controls the crops on many acres on Long Island. A statement made by him is neve
. Annual descriptive catalogue and calendar : seeds. Nursery stock Connecticut New Haven Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 4 FRANK S. PLATT'S FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL. THE LUPTON CABBAGE. Mr. L-upton, the originator of this Cabbage, is one of the largest producers of Cabbage seed in this country. For years he has made the business a careful study and devoted his time to it exclusively and annually controls the crops on many acres on Long Island. A statement made by him is never questioned by people who know him. He says : "The Lupton Cabbage is the result of an effort to combine in one variety the best qualities of the second early and the late sorts. All late sorts are good because of their strong constitu- tion and vigorous growth, and objec- tionable because they cannot be bred so true and will produce sports and and wild growth. The second early sorts, on the other hand, can be bred very true and are of better quality, but they have not the constitution of the late ones, and under unfavorable conditions, due to insects or other causes, will sometime fail absolutely when a late sort might produce a partial crop. Now, if we could make the Lupton Cabbage combine the best points of the second-early and late sorts we should have the best main-crop Cabbage. To a certain ex- tent it does this. I do not know anything with a more healthy constitution, and I do not kuow of a Cabbage which I would as soon plant for a main-crop variety as this one. It is a little earlier than any one of the various strains of Flat Dutch and Drumhead and of closer growth. The heads are particularly large in proportion to the plant, which grows strong, but does not spread out much. The stalk is rather short, color dark green. In a great measure we appear to have succeeded in getting rid of the coarseness of the late sorts, as the quality is fine ; it is also one of the b
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