. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 10 DREEK'S RELIABLE SEEDS -^CABBAGE-^- Kopf-Kohl, Gee. Chou Pomme ou Gabus, Fe. Col 6 EepoUo, Sp. For very early use sow in January or February in hot-beds; }3rick out when the plants are strong enough into other hot-beds; or sow in cold frames in March, 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. To secu
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 10 DREEK'S RELIABLE SEEDS -^CABBAGE-^- Kopf-Kohl, Gee. Chou Pomme ou Gabus, Fe. Col 6 EepoUo, Sp. For very early use sow in January or February in hot-beds; }3rick out when the plants are strong enough into other hot-beds; or sow in cold frames in March, 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. To secure plants for wintering in cold framessow the seed in well-prepared, rich ground, from the lOtli to the 25th of September. "When the plants are large enough prick them out of the seed-bed into the frames. It is important that the plants should beset down to the first leaf, so thatthe stem is all under ground. Protect duringsevere weatherwith a covering of glass, and give plenty of air and light during mild days. The plants are usually set out from the middle of March to the middle of April, in rows about 2 feet apart and IS inches in the row. The autumn and winter varieties sow in April or early in May, in shallow drills, ?, or 4 inches apart; transplant early in July, in rows 2i feet apart, and 2 feet in the row. Cabbage succeeds best in a fresh, rich soil, well manured, and deeply dug or plowed. The late plants are subject to attacks of the cabbage-fly, which destroys them as fast as they appear above 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. EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. Early Jersey Wakefield. The leading market garden- er's variety and the best for early private use. It is very early, of excellent flavor, of good size and sure to head ; extra fine selected stock. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., i lb. $, lb. $ Etampes. A very early sort producin
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