Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them Part 4

~Early Cone~, of the Wakefield cla.s.s, but with me not as early.

~Garfield Pickling~, of late variety, of the conical cla.s.s.

~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 cla.s.s; no heads.

~Chou de Burghlez~ and ~Chou de Milan~. These are coa.r.s.e, loose, small heading varieties, allied to Kale. The latter is of the Savoy cla.s.s.

~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 cla.s.s. 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 cla.s.s; reliable for heading; stump rather long.

~Excelsior.~ A variety which is of the Fottler cla.s.s, 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 coa.r.s.er in structure.

~Market Garden.~ Of the Fottler cla.s.s; very reliable for heading. Heads of good size, but rather coa.r.s.er 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.

~Berks.h.i.+re 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.

~s.h.i.+llings Queen.~ Early; heads conical; stumps long.

~Carter's Superfine Early Dwarf.~ Surpa.s.ses 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 cla.s.s.

~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.