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.