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Title: Alneer Brothers seed and plant catalogue for 1898
Identifier: CAT31291661 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Alneer Brothers; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock, Illinois, Rockford, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs
Publisher: Rockford, Ill. : Alneer Brothers
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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For early, sow seeds in hot bed about the first of March; transplant as early as^ possible in the ground, about eighteen inches to two feet apart, in very highly enriched soil. For late and winter use sow seeds in open ground, about May 1st to 10th. T'lants are usually set in June and July at distance of three feet between rows and two and one-half feet between the plants. /Extra Selected Early Jersey Wake field. earliest in cultivation. Our seed is direct from originators of the well-known Jersey "Wakefield Cabbage, and this strain has been highly prized for its purity and sure heading qualities, heads being verT large with small outside foliage. There is none better. Price, pkt 5c, 02 20c, .44 lb 75c, % lb $1.25 lb $2.00. AWrv^ Early Jersey Wakefield. Verj _ " early and excellent; good American seedS such as is generally sold. Pkt 4c, oz 15r h- / Ya, lb 40c, 34 lb 75c, lb $1.40. ^ All Season's Cabbage. This excellent cabbage, as its name indicates, is good for all seasons, and makes both a splen- did early and late variety. It is rem art ably sure for heading, and makes a large hard head of superior quality. Pkt 3 c, oz 12c, 1,4 lb 35c, Vs lb 65c, lb $1.25. ; Bridgeport Dmmliead. This is the' standard shipping cabbage aroticd Chi cago, where local growers will raise no other. It makes a large, even, round head; will not rot or burst. Pkt 4c, oz 15c, % lb 50c, % lb 80c, lb $1.50.
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