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Title: Northern grown tested seeds
Identifier: CAT31282344 (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Northrup King & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Vegetables; Flowers
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Northrup, Braslan, Goodwin Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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(Main Crop.) Large.round, flat- tened heads of the flat Dutch type, remarkable for its certainty to head, one of the best varieties for main crop, forming solid, firm heads of good size, even in the most unfav- orable seasons. Very sweet flav- ored,scarcely any loose leaves; keep well and a general favorite with market gardeners and large growers of cabbage. Pkt.. 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; X lb., 60 cts.; lb., S2.00. EARLY SUMMER. Early Snm- mer cabbage is deservedly popular with market gardeners throughout the country. It forms large, solid, round, flattened, compact heads of excellent quality. The heads average over double the size of the Jersey Wakefield, while it matures only ten or twelve days later. Pkt.. 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; \ lb., 60 cts.; lb., S2.00. EARLY DEEP HEAD, a ar- sirable second early variety. It is fully as early as the Brunswick, while the heads are as large around and consid- erably deeper. Leaves wrap entirely around the hea and do not drop in h ot weather as much as other varie ties. It is also heavier, bulk for bulk, than anv other second early cabbage. A splendid keeper. Pkt., Sets.; oz.. 15 cts.; l4 lb.. SO cts.; !b.. SI.50. N. B. G. CO.'S LATE FLAT DUTCH. A low growing variety.heads large,bluish green,round, solid, broad and flat on the top, an excellent fall and winter variety, and a good keeper. It is a sure header. Our stock has been grown from carefully selected heads, and we think is superior to any other strains the market. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; H lb.. 50 cts.; lb.. SI 75. SHORTSTEM DRUMHEAD. (Late.) Heads very large.extra hard,solid,round.flattened on the top, uniform in size and shape, often attain 20 to 30 pounds 1== in weight, and are always of the finest quality and a sure header. Cabbage growers in the South, where so many varieties fail to head, will do well to plant the Short Stem Drumhead for a sure crop, It has a very short stem and grows very comnactly, the leaves all turning in to form the head, with very few loose leaves, thus allowing it to b^ set close together. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; lA lb., 60 cts.; lb., S2.00. N. B. G. CO'S 100 WEIGHT. This is the largest variety of cabbage known, rem irkable for its immense size, firm heart and superior heading properties; heads broad,very large, frequently attaining a diameter of 20 inches and more, very much flattened, lea ves of a pale green ashy color, with numerous white veins, and the edges often cut or toothed, outer leaves rather numerous, but not growing toa very great size turned back at the topsand showing the head well. As a late, hardy and productive variety, it has no superior. One. of the b st for making sauer-kraut. and should be extensively grown for field culture. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz.. 25 cts.; M lb.. 75 cts.; lb.. S2.50. B. L. GRANT, grower of vegetables and small fruits, of Hudson, Wis., writes: I had seven acres of your Short Stem Drumhead Cabbatre. that averaged twenty tons per acre. They were pronounced by all who saw them the fin- est lot of Cabbages they had ever seen. Numerous single heads, trimmed close, weighed as high as twenty-four pounds, and averaged ten pounds each. Held run. Strongly recommend it to any one desiring the Oest Cabbage for Fall and Winter keeping.

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