CHAPTER iG 
CAULIFLOWER. 
THERE is probably no vegetable which is capable of 
profitable forcing in America concerning which so little 
has been written in reference to its treatment under glass 
as cauliflower. It is true that the literature of vegetable 
forcing is very meagre in this country, and it is, therefore, 
little wonder that the cauliflower, which is scarcely known 
as a winter crop outside the establishments of wealthy 
persons who employ gardeners, should have received so 
little attention from writers. It should be said that in 
speaking of the forcing of cauliflowers, reference is made 
to the practice of growing them under glass to maturity 
in the cold months, and not to the much commoner prac- 
tice of growing them toa large size under frames or sash- 
covered houses and stripping the sash off upon the ap- 
proach of warm weather and allowing them to mature 
without cover. The management of cauliflowers under 
glass is a simple matter, particularly in houses which are 
adapted to lettuce, so that it is unnecessary to make any 
extended account of the operation. A sketch of some of 
the experiments made at Cornell will sufficiently indicate 
the methods to be employed. 
Unsuccessful experiments.—In our first crop, the 
seeds were sown in “‘flats’’ or shallow boxes, and the 
young plants were transplanted into pots. When the 
plants were 8 or to inches high they had been shifted 
to 8-inch pots, and knowing that cauliflowers delight 
in a low temperature, the pots were set upon the ground 
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