. Cabbages: how to grow them. Cabbage. [from old catalog]. "Wakefield the heads are usually somewhat conical, but sometimes nearly round ; in structure they are compact. In earliness it ranks about with the Early Wakefield, and mak ing heads of double the size, it has a high value as an early cabbage. Captain Wyman had entire \ control of this cab- -^^^^ bage until within the past few years, and consequently has held Boston Market in his own hands to the chagrin of his fellow mar- ket gardeners, raising some seasons as many as thirty thousand heads. Have the rows from two to two and a hal
. Cabbages: how to grow them. Cabbage. [from old catalog]. "Wakefield the heads are usually somewhat conical, but sometimes nearly round ; in structure they are compact. In earliness it ranks about with the Early Wakefield, and mak ing heads of double the size, it has a high value as an early cabbage. Captain Wyman had entire \ control of this cab- -^^^^ bage until within the past few years, and consequently has held Boston Market in his own hands to the chagrin of his fellow mar- ket gardeners, raising some seasons as many as thirty thousand heads. Have the rows from two to two and a half feet apart, and the plants from twenty to twenty-four inches apart in the 2:ow. Crane's Early is a cross be- tween the Wyman and Wakefield, intermediate in size and earliness. Premium Flat Dutch. A large, late variety; heads either round or flat, on the top, (varying with differ- ent strains) rather hard, color bluish" green, leaves around heads rather numcr ous ; towards the close of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gregory, James John Howard, 1827-1910. [from old catalog]. Salem, Mass. , Observer steam print.
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