are sometimes so tight that they will rot before bursting.
Early Varieties—Extra Early Etampes.—This cabbage is the earliest heading variety that I have ever grown. The heads are small but round and very solid, and it is ready for use nearly two weeks ahead of the other early varieties.[1]
Early Jersey Wakefield.—This has long been the chief favorite for the general crop of early cabbage, and is deservedly popular, as it is sure to head when the seed is good; the heads are of good size and shape, and the quality is fine.
Early Summer.—This succeeds the Wakefield, and has heads about twice the size of the latter; they are round, very solid and slightly flattened on top; it has few outside leaves and can be planted closely; this variety matures about two weeks later than the Wakefield, and a month after the Etampes.[2]
VARIETIES OF LATE CABBAGES.
At the head of these I would place Burpee’s Surehead, which has done so well for me since I began
- ↑ The Extra Early Express, a new variety, just introduced from France, and seed of which we distributed for trial this year, has proved eight to ten days earlier than the Etampes. The heads do not average quite as large as the Etampes, but are of equally as good quality and of the shape shown in the illustration on page 60.—Ed.
- ↑ For years, Mr. Vandergaw, a large cabbage grower of Long Island, has had a second-early cabbage fully as early as Early Summer and with much larger heads. This is known as the Vandergaw Cabbage, and is only now being generally introduced. The heads are very large and solid, of the shape shown in the illustration on page 64; it is a good keeper, and altogether a good variety, also, for winter use.—Ed.
