tems, are of little value. No cabbage-seed is
really reliable that is not obtained from firm and symmetrical heads;
and seed thus cultivated for a few successive seasons will produce
plants, ninety per cent of which will yield well-formed and good-sized
cabbages.

American-grown seed is generally considered superior to that of foreign
growth; and, when it can be obtained from a reliable seedsman or
seeds-grower, the purchaser should not be induced by the difference in
price to select the nominally cheaper, as there are few vegetables with
which the character of the seed is of greater importance.

_Varieties._--The varieties are numerous, and the distinction, in many
instances, well-defined and permanent. Between some of the sorts,
however, the variations are slight, and comparatively unimportant.

ATKINS'S MATCHLESS. _M'Int._

This is a variety of the Early York: the head, however, is smaller and
more conical, and the leaves are more wrinkled,--somewhat similar to
those of the Savoys. It is of tender texture and delicate flavor; and,
with the exception of its smaller size, is considered equal, if not
superior, to the last-named variety.

It is comparatively a recent sort, and seems to be desirable rather for
its precocity and excellent quality than for its size or productiveness.

Transplant to rows fifteen inches apart, and twelve inches asunder in
the rows.

BARNES'S EARLY.

Barnes's Early Dwarf.

This variety, in respect to season, size, form, and general habit, seems
to be intermediate between, or a hybrid from, the York and Ox-heart.
Head ovate, rather compact; texture fine and tender; flavor mild and
good.

Set in rows two feet apart, and eighteen inches apart in the rows.

BERGEN DRUMHEAD.

Large Bergen. Great American. Quintal. _Vil._ Large German Drumhead.

Head remarkably large, round, flattened at the top, compact; the leaves
are of a peculiar, glaucous-green color, of thick texture, firm, and
rather erect; the nerves large and prominent; the outer leaves of the
head are usually revoluted on the borders; the loose leaves are
numerous, and rarely rise above a level with the summit of the head; the
stalk is short.

The Bergen Drumhead is one of the largest and latest of all the
cabbages; and, when not fully perfected before being harvested, has the
reputation, if reset in earth in the cellar, of heading, and increasing
in size, during winter. It is a popular market sort; and,
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