TREATMENT OF CAULIFLOWER. , Lit 
under both crops that I shall dismiss it at once from this 
account. The plants were later than those in the solid 
bed, and never equaled them in size and percentage of 
good heads; and they were conspicuously lacking in uni- 
formity. So few good heads formed that the bed did 
not return the labor expended upon it. 
Seeds for the first crop were sown in boxes on August 
24. The plants, having been once transplanted, were set 
in the beds October 4 and 5, about 16 inches apart each 
way. Three varieties were used,— Extra Early Dwarf 
Erfurt, Gilt-Edge Snowball and Early Snowball. 
The plants were watered two or three times a week, 
as occasion demanded, and the ground was frequently 
stirred with a hand weeder. An abundance of air was 
given during the day, a row of small ventilators along the 
peak of the house being thrown open even in sharp 
weather if the sun was bright and there was little air stir- 
ring. From 60° to 70° during the day and about 50° at 
night were considered to be the ideal temperatures, 
although in very bright days the mercury might register 
80° for a time and the night temperature several times 
sank below 40°. There was a tendency for the plants to 
damp off soon after they were set, but care in not water- 
ing too much (particularly close about the plant) and in giv- 
ing an abundance of fresh air seemed to keep the trouble 
in check; and new plants were set into the vacancies. 
We were obliged to contend with two other enemies, the 
green-fly or aphis, and the common green cabbage 
worm. The aphis is readily kept in check by tobacco 
smudge. The first cabbage worms were noticed Novem- 
ber 21, and for a couple of weeks they had to be care- 
fully picked. The boxes of young plants had stood out 
of doors during September, and it is probable that eggs 
were laid upon the plants at that time. 
The first week in December, heads were beginning to 
form. The first heads were sold January 13, four and a- 
half months from the sowing of the seed. The Erfurt 
