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.
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