Other Varieties Of Cabbage

I will add notes on some other varieties which have been tested, from year to year, in my experimental plot. The results from tests of different strains of standard sorts, I have not thought it worth the while to record. ~Cannon Ball.~ The heads



are usually spherical, attaining to a diameter of from five to nine inches, with the surrounding leaves gathered rather closely around them; in hardness and relative weight it is excelled by but few varieties. Stump short. It delights in the highest cultivation possible. It is about a week later than Early York. In those markets where cabbages are sold by weight, it will pay to grow for market; it is a good cabbage for the family garden. ~Early Cone~, of the Wakefield class, but with me not as early. ~Garfield Pickling~, of late variety, of the conical class. ~Cardinal Red.~ A large, late variety of red; but on my grounds, it is not equal to Red Drumhead. ~Vilmorin's Early Flat Dutch.~ Not quite as large as Early Summer, though about as early and resembles it in shape of head. ~Royal German Drumhead.~ Reliable for heading. ~Large White Solid Magdeburg.~ A late Drumhead; short stumped; reliable for heading. Medium late. ~Pak Choi.~ Evidently of the Kale class; no heads. ~Chou de Burghlez~ and ~Chou de Milan~. These are coarse, loose, small heading varieties, allied to Kale. The latter is of the Savoy class. ~Earliest Erfurt Blood-Red.~ Decidedly the earliest of the red cabbages. Very reliable for heading. A Drumhead; smaller than Red Drumhead. Very dark red. ~Empress.~ Resembles Wyman in size and shape; but the heads are more pointed, and it makes head earlier. Heads well. ~Schlitzer.~ This makes heads mostly shaped like the Winnigstadt, but a third larger. Its mottling of green and purple gives it a striking appearance. Early and very reliable for heading. Heads are not very hard; but, when cooked, are just about as tender and rich-flavored as the Savoy. Promises to be an excellent sort for family use. ~Rothelburg.~ An early sure heading variety of the Drumhead class. Heads of medium size; resembling in shape Deep Head. ~Sure Head.~ A strain of Flat Dutch. A late variety; heads deeper than Fottler, but with me not so reliable. ~Dark Red Pointed.~ Resembles Winnigstadt in shape. About as late as Red Dutch, and not as desirable. ~Bacalan Late.~ In shape resembles Winnigstadt. Grow a little wild. ~Amack.~ A late variety. Heads generally nearly globular and quite hard. Very reliable for heading. ~Bangholm.~ First of all. As early as the earliest, but very small,--not as large as Little Pixie. ~Early Enfield Market.~ ~Tourleville.~ Heads resemble Wakefield in form; but, with me, are neither so large nor so large, and are more inclined to burst. ~Danish Round Winter.~ A late variety; bearing deep, hard heads on long stumps. ~Dwarf Danish.~ Late. Reliable to head; uneven in time of heading. Worth planting for market. ~Danish Ball Drumhead.~ Heads not characterized by globular shape, but rather flattish. Irregular in length of stump. ~Early Paris.~ Closely resembles Wakefield. ~Very Early Etampes.~ Earlier than Wakefield. Shape partakes of both Oxheart and Wakefield. ~Early Mohawk.~ Light green in color; a good header, but not so hard heading as Fottler. Appears to have a little of the Savoy cross in it. ~Sure Head.~ A late variety of the Dutch class; reliable for heading; stump rather long. ~Excelsior.~ A variety which is of the Fottler class, but makes smaller sized heads. ~Louisville Drumhead.~ Of the flat Dutch type; nearly as early as Early Summer. ~Early Advance.~ Of the Wakefield type. With me it is full as early as Wakefield, and considerably larger. Rather coarser in structure. ~Market Garden.~ Of the Fottler class; very reliable for heading. Heads of good size, but rather coarser than the Deep Head. ~Chase's Excelsior.~ A second early; much like Fottler; heads finely. ~Bloomsdale Early Market.~ With me this is not as good a variety as Wakefield. ~Berkshire Beauty.~ There appear to be fine possibilities in this cabbage, which have not yet been developed into uniformity. ~Landredth's Extra Early.~ With me it does not prove as early as Wakefield, and does not head as well. ~Bridgeport Late Drumhead.~ A large Drumhead; in size, between Stone Mason and Marblehead Mammoth. Reliable for heading, but does not head as hard as either of these varieties. Not inclined to burst. ~Large French Oxheart~ closely resembles Early Oxheart, but grows to double the size, and is about ten days later; quality usually good. ~Early Sugar Loaf.~ Heads shaped much like a loaf of sugar standing on its smaller end, resembling, as Burr well says, a head of Cos lettuce in its shape, and in the peculiar clasping of the leaves about the head. Heads rather hard, medium size; early, and tender. It is said not to stand the heat as well as most sorts. ~Large Brunswick Short-Stemmed.~ (English seed.) Late, long-stumped, wild, plenty of leaves, almost no head; bears but a slight resemblance to Fottler's Drumhead. ~Early Empress.~ Cabbages well; heads conical; early. ~Robinson's Champion Ox Drumhead.~ Stump long; heads soft and not very large; wild. ~English Winnigstadt.~ Long-stumped; irregular; not to be compared with French stock. ~Blenheim.~ Early; heads mostly conical; of good size. ~Shillings Queen.~ Early; heads conical; stumps long. ~Carter's Superfine Early Dwarf.~ Surpasses in earliness and hardness of head. Closely allied to Little Pixie. ~Enfield Market Improved.~ Most of the heads were flat; rather wild; not to be compared with Fottler. ~Kemp's Incomparable.~ Long-headed; heads, when mature, do not appear to burst as readily as with most of the conical class. ~Fielderkraut.~ Closely resembles Winnigstadt, with larger and longer heads and stump; requires more room than Winnigstadt. ~Ramsay's Winter Drumhead.~ Closely resembles St. Dennis. I think it is the same. ~Pomeranian Cabbage.~ Heads very long; quite large for a conical heading sort; very symmetrical and hard; color, yellowish-green. It handles well, and I should think would prove a good keeper. Medium early. ~Alsacian Drumhead.~ Stump long; late; wild. ~Marbled Bourgogne.~ Stumps long; heads small and hard; color, a mixture of green and red.

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