. Dreer's 1901 garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. lllENRrADREER-PHIIADELPI1IA:^>AmRELIABLEVfCETABlE SEEDS Kohl, Ger. ChoH, Fr. CABBAGE. ^"-''^''''â¢'->''''' ^^- For very early use sow in January or February in hot-beds; prick out when the plants are strong enough into other hoi-heds; or sow in cold frames in March, transplant when danger from kilHng frosts is passed to the open ground, in rows 2 feet apart and 18 inches in the row. For a successio
. Dreer's 1901 garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. lllENRrADREER-PHIIADELPI1IA:^>AmRELIABLEVfCETABlE SEEDS Kohl, Ger. ChoH, Fr. CABBAGE. ^"-''^''''â¢'->''''' ^^- For very early use sow in January or February in hot-beds; prick out when the plants are strong enough into other hoi-heds; or sow in cold frames in March, transplant when danger from kilHng 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 f:esh, rich soil, well manured, and deeply dug or plowed. The late plants are sub. ject 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-slicked lime, plaster, slug-shot or tobacco dust early in the morning while the plants are wet with dew. VARIETIES. Early Spring'. (See description, page 2.) Early Jersey Wakefield. The leading early vari- ety and the best for private or market gardener's use. We have sold this sort for the past twenty-seven years. Our strain is being constantly improved, both in purity and earliness. There is no Cabbage so widely known as the Earlv jersey Wakefield. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 CIS.; \ lb., $ Tlie Cliarlestou, or Larg-e "Wakefield. (See cut,) Selected stock. Large solid heads, of good quality, a few days later than Farly Jersey Wakefield ; specially recommended for institutions and market gar- deners, producmg fully twice as much per acre as the early variety. The strain we offer is of exceptional purity and cannot fail to give satisfaction, as it com- bines all the good quali
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