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.