. The Maule seed book for 1905. ng Island grown seed. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 60 cents; pound, BRUBfSAVICK. Short Stemmed.—Also sold under the name of FottlersEarly Drumhead. A very fine summer or early fall variety; the earliest ofall the large, hard heading varieties of Drumhead cabbage. It Is of dwarf,compact growth, the flat head resting almost directly on the soil. Theouter leaves grow closely about the head. The foliage is light bluish greenin color. The heads although flat are cjulte thick and uniformly solid. Itis a very reliable header, and under good
. The Maule seed book for 1905. ng Island grown seed. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 60 cents; pound, BRUBfSAVICK. Short Stemmed.—Also sold under the name of FottlersEarly Drumhead. A very fine summer or early fall variety; the earliest ofall the large, hard heading varieties of Drumhead cabbage. It Is of dwarf,compact growth, the flat head resting almost directly on the soil. Theouter leaves grow closely about the head. The foliage is light bluish greenin color. The heads although flat are cjulte thick and uniformly solid. Itis a very reliable header, and under good cultivation will attain a weightof 13 to 20 pounds. I take great pride in my strain of Short Stemmed Bruns-wick cabbage. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; % pound, 60 cts.; pound, FIRST EARLY.—(See page 8.) 3IA ULES SEEDS have not been sup-plied to dealers orCO lint ry mei chantssince 1880. Ifwanted they must beordered diiect from Philadelphiaor through some onewho is making itp aclub airier in EARLY SUMMER CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD. iH An Improved and Larger Form of Jerseye Wafcefield. True Type. I The Wakefield, with its pointed heads, held5; the leading place among early cabbages for several decades, out of sheer merit; and it is^ still in favor with many market gardeners. It^ has the serious shortcomings of being small In^ size and light in weight, but Is so reliably early« and so genuinely good that nothing can whollyB supersede it or drive it out of the The Charleston Wakefield is an Improved and^ larger form of Early Jersey Wakefield. It re-s quires rather more time to reach maturity, but it yields fully twice the crop of the original© Wakefield cabbage. It is about a week or 10 dayso> later than its parent, and comes along in a close2 succession to the earliest cabbage crop. It is ag strain which cannot be profitably overlooked by> any gardener, whether it is intended for a pri- ( • vate garden or to be sent to market. A
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