62 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



shore of Long Island, where there is a strong soil, 

 in a damp climate,, within easy reach of the New 

 York and other large markets. Two crops are 

 grown here, the spring and fall. Wm. Falconer, 

 of Queen's County, states that for the early crop 

 he sows the seed in a hot-house in February, and 

 gradually gives the plants more room and cooler 

 quarters until they are ready for the open ground. 

 The varieties he uses are Henderson's Snowball, 

 Early Erfurt, Stadtholder and Lenormand. He 

 has repeatedly attempted to grow the spring crop 

 from fall- sown plants, but they have almost invari- 

 ably buttoned, however late the seed was sown, or 

 however slightly the plants were protected. Occa- 

 sionally, also, the February- sown plants of Hender- 

 son's Snowball and Erfurt will button. 



For the main fall crop the same four varieties 

 above mentioned are sown out of doors about May 

 18th, at the time of sowing late cabbage. For a 

 later crop he makes another sowing a month later. 

 These last usually begin to head about the last of 

 November and are taken up and protected to fur- 

 nish a supply during the winter. Mr. C. E. Swezey, 

 of Suffolk County, says that more money is undoubt- 

 edly made to the acre on cauliflower than any other 

 crop. He finds the early crop the most profitable, 

 although the most expensive. For this crop he 

 uses seventy -five tons of the best horse manm^e per 



