. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1925 50th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. LIST OF TESTED GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1925. II CABBAGE All our Cnbha^e Seetis nre saved from care- fully nelccted stocks, and It Is impossible to set ln'ttcr at any price. Culture—Early Cabbagre Seed should be sown in hot-beds during' February and March. When larse enough the plants should be transplanted into cold frames, and as early as the ground Is in


. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1925 50th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. LIST OF TESTED GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1925. II CABBAGE All our Cnbha^e Seetis nre saved from care- fully nelccted stocks, and It Is impossible to set ln'ttcr at any price. Culture—Early Cabbagre Seed should be sown in hot-beds during' February and March. When larse enough the plants should be transplanted into cold frames, and as early as the ground Is in fit condition they should be planted in the garden, in rows about two feet apart and about 18 inches in the row. The late,varieties should be sown about the first of May. and set out in the garden in June and July. .As these grow larger than the early va- rieties, they should be planted in rows about three feet apart and about two feet in the row. During the growing season, even in hot-beds various leaf-eating in- sects are likely to attack the plants, de- stroying many if uninterfered with. They may be controlled by applications of a weak mixture of arsenate of lead until the heads have developed to about two-thirds of their normal size, after which a less poisonous insecticide should he applied, such as Hellebore, Bug-Death or Slug Shot Prompt and continuous application will insure a good crop. 1 or,, to 4,000 plants, 4 ox. of Seed in beds to transplant upon an FIRST EARLY SORTS. COPENHAGEN MARIvET—The heads are round, averaging 8 pounds in weight, very solid with small core. It is very short stemmed, the heads forming almost on the ground; the leaves are light-green and always tightly folded, per- mitting close planting. We offer the true stock grown in Denmark. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; Vt lb. $; 1 lb. $ Early Spring: or Plat Parisian—An extra early flat-headed sort. As early as Jersey Wakefield, with heads twice the weight of Wakefield. It is very solid and


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