CHAPTER II. 



THE CAULIFLOWER INDUSTRY. 



In the United States, as already stated, the cauli- 

 flower industry is but little developed. This vege- 

 table receives, for example, far less attention than 

 is given to celery, though it is more easily grown. 

 One may look over the recent files of some of our 

 agricultural and horticultural papers for several 

 years together and not find the cauliflower men- 

 tioned. In fact, more general attention was given 

 the cauliflower in this country forty years ago than 

 to-day. The disappointments of those who at- 

 tempted to grow cauliflower at an early day, expect- 

 ing to grow it, as in Europe, with as little trouble 

 as cabbage, have led to an almost universal belief 

 that the cauliflower is peculiarly unreliable in the 

 United States. This, for a large portion of the 

 country, is true; but it is beginning to be known 

 that there are localities where, with proper man- 

 agement, it is almost as safe as any crop. 



It is by no means true that in Europe the cauli- 

 flower is everywhere grown with success. There 

 are comparatively small areas, even in the most 

 favorable portions of that continent, where it can 

 be profitably grown. Although the climate • of 



