Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied Vegetables, from Seed to Harvest (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... be, made for that locality. There the plant will adapt itself to the conditions of soil and climate, and develop types superior to any that can be produced elsewhere. This principle holds good with all seeds; and the seedsman, without regard to the name given to his various types or varieties, always secures his stocks from localities where the plants can be grown to the greatest perfection. We have written this much to give some insight into nomenclature and to show the origin of the vast number of variety names given to strains, or so-called varieties, not at all dissimilar. WAKEFIELD AND WINNINGSTADT GROUP. This group includes cabbages with pointed heads, of which there are numerous varieties, but few of the same are in cultivation for market cabbages in this country, and to these only shall we give special mention, as they are the only ones the American gardener is interested in. The Jersey Wakefield.--This variety was introduced from England about forty years ago, but of its history or original name we have no knowledge. From the date of its introduction it has been a popu lar sort, and deservedly so, for in point of usefulness it has no superior. In our climate it has improved in size and earliness, the consequence of being grown on different soils, as previously mentioned. We do not know of any cabbage that is so peculiar in its likes and dislikes as the Wakefield, neither one so liable to variation when the conditions of soil are uncongenial. We say conditions of soil, because we cannot attribute the marked changes we have noticed in the type, when grown in close proximity, to any other cause. We have found within a radius of one-fourth of a mile from a given point on Long Island, that from the same seed, and under the same...