Maule's seed catalogue : 1896 . articular pains in furnishing my customers with an extra choice strata,of seed of this variety. I feel perfectly safe in saying that I consider 1 have to-day th»finest and truest stock of Jersey Wakefield in America. Neither pains, trouble nor ei-pense have been spared in producing or selecting my seed of this variety, which I haY»grown forme right at the fountain head of the Wakefield Cabbage—on Long Island. Th»strain I offer is just the sort for market gardeners and all others who look for qualityfirst and then cost of seed afterwards. Forms an unusu:illy larg
Maule's seed catalogue : 1896 . articular pains in furnishing my customers with an extra choice strata,of seed of this variety. I feel perfectly safe in saying that I consider 1 have to-day th»finest and truest stock of Jersey Wakefield in America. Neither pains, trouble nor ei-pense have been spared in producing or selecting my seed of this variety, which I haY»grown forme right at the fountain head of the Wakefield Cabbage—on Long Island. Th»strain I offer is just the sort for market gardeners and all others who look for qualityfirst and then cost of seed afterwards. Forms an unusu:illy large head; almost as earlyas Pearliest Etampes, while for compactness and regularity of growth it cannot be sur-passed. It has remirkably few outer leaves, and is always sure to mature fine, market-*able heads, fre-quently in 100days from plant-ing. Market orprivate garden-ers cannot makea mistake bysowing Maulesstrain of thisJustly celebrated,popular and pro-fitable marketvariety. Pkt.,10c.; oz., 30c.; %lb„ 81; lb., $ AI I HPAn PAI?! V- My friend, Mr. Burpee, has this to say about .\11 Head Early: ^**-*- I1I-<^^L tir\Ivi:< I . claims made for this distinct new Cabbage are, first, Is the earliest of all large Cabbages, being at least a week earlier than any of the variousstrains of Early Summer Cabbage. Second, size. It is fully one-third larger than theEarly Summer Cabbage, and therefore much more profitable to the market garden-er. Third, uniformity. The All Head Early is unquestionably the nearest ap-proach to a thoroughbred Cabbage of any varietv vet introduced, both as ,<iJsregards size and uniformity of development ^ele< tion, the meansemployed to establish this variety, has been const<intl\ m ide tosecure the largest early heads, with the fewest loose leavesThe deep, flat heads are remarkably solid and uniformin color, as well as in shape and size. Fourth, qual-ity. The main feature of a good Cabbage is ten-derness, and in this respe
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