"22 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



ness." Hundreds of acres are devoted to it near 

 London, a large portion being under glass for the 

 early crop. Formerly the cauliflower crop was all 

 cut and sent to market, with the exception of a 

 small portion saved for seed; but of late, extensive 

 fields are purchased entire by Crosse and Blackwell 

 for pickling purposes. 



In the United States there are a few points where 

 the growing of cauliflower for market is assuming 

 considerable importance. On Long Island, in 1879, 

 the crop was estimated by Oemler at 100,000 pounds, 

 besides what was used for pickling. In 1885 Brill 

 estimated the total crop of Suffolk County at about 

 125,000 barrels. In 1889, the value of the crop 

 sold from SufPolk County was estimated at $200,- 

 000, nine-tenths of all the cauliflowers sent to the 

 New York market being grown in that county. At 

 Farmingdale and Central Park, in 1888, two pickle 

 factories used five hundred barrels of cauliflowers, 

 besides the usual proportion of other vegetables. 

 Much of the crop from Long Island is now sent to 

 markets beyond New York. Philadelphia receives 

 but little good cauliflower except that which comes 

 from Long Island. The same is true of the city of 

 Washington. The receipts in the latter city from 

 Long Island for the three fall months of 1890 were 

 about 20,000 barrels. 



The Chicago market is seldom fully supplied 



