and general character
as to its season of maturity. It is recommended as being less affected
by heat than many other kinds, and, for this reason, well adapted for
cultivation in warm climates. It seldom fails in forming its head, and
is tender and well flavored.

LARGE OX-HEART.

Large French Ox-heart.

This is a French variety, of the same form and general character as the
Small Ox-heart, but of larger size. The stalk is short; the head firm
and close, and of a light-green color; the spare leaves are few in
number, generally erect, and concave. It is a week or ten days later
than the Small Ox-heart, forms its head readily, and is tender and well
flavored. One of the best of the intermediate sorts.

The plants should be set two feet apart in each direction.

MARBLEHEAD MAMMOTH DRUMHEAD. _J. J. H. Gregory._

One of the largest of the Cabbage family, produced from the Mason, or
Stone-mason, by Mr. Alley, and introduced by Mr. J. J. H. Gregory, of
Marblehead, Mass.

Heads not uniform in shape,--some being nearly flat, while others are
almost hemispherical; size very large, varying from fifteen to twenty
inches in diameter,--although specimens have been grown of the
extraordinary dimensions of twenty-four inches. In good soil, and with
proper culture, the variety is represented as attaining an average
weight of thirty pounds. Quality tender and sweet.

Cultivate in rows four feet apart, and allow four feet between the
plants in the rows. For early use, start in a hot-bed; for winter, sow
in the open ground from the first to the middle of May. Sixty tons of
this variety have been raised from a single acre.

MASON. _J. J. H. Gregory._

The Mason Cabbage, in shape, is nearly hemispherical; the head standing
well out from among the leaves, growing on a small and short stalk.
Under good cultivation, the heads will average about nine inches in
diameter and seven inches in depth. It is characterized for its
sweetness, and for its reliability for forming a solid head. It is also
an excellent variety for cultivation in extreme Northern latitudes,
where, from the shortness of the season, or in those sections of the
South, where, from excessive heat, plants rarely cabbage well. Under
good cultivation, nearly every plant will set a marketable head.

Originated by Mr. John Mason, of Marblehead, Mass.

POMERANIAN.

This variety is of comparatively recent introduction. The head, which is
of medium size, has the f