50 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



had better be of asphalt, cement or the like. 

 Toward the end of autumn the heads are cut with 

 a piece of the stem three or four inches in length, 

 which is stuck into the sand. All the leaves are 

 removed except the inner course, which must be 

 cut down pretty closely, and the heads then covered 

 with flower pots. 



Still another method, employed where hard 

 freezing is not anticipated, is to take up the plants 

 and set them out in a slanting position close 

 together out of doors with the heads to the north, as 

 is done with cabbages. 



Pulling up the plants and throwing them on 

 their sides will protect the heads from a moderate 

 degree of cold, and can be resorted to upon the 

 sudden approach of cold weather. Cutting the 

 heads with plenty of leaves and throwing them in 

 long low heaps, faces downward, will preserve 

 them in the cool, damp weather of early winter for 

 a considerable time, and the heads, even in this 

 condition, will increase somewhat in size. 



It will sometimes happen, early in the season, 

 that one desires to retard the development of the 

 head until a convenient time for marketing. For 

 this purpose the plants may be lifted, when the 

 heads are nearly mature, and set under a shed or 

 elsewhere in the shade. 



It may be well here to remind those who grow 



