CHAPTER YII. 



CAULIFLOWER SEED. 



With no vegetable is it more important to have 

 good seed than with the cauliflower, and in none is 

 there a greater tendency to deteriorate. On this 

 account less dependence is to be placed upon named 

 varieties than in some other cultivated plants, and 

 greater need is required to secure carefully selected 

 strains. Owing to peculiarities of soil, climate and 

 season, and the different degrees of care given by 

 the different growers, seeds of the same variety may 

 be better from one source than from another. On 

 this account, when a variety is found adapted to 

 one's needs it is well to use the same variety, and 

 obtain it from the same source year after year. 



Cauliflower seed is mostly grown in Europe, 

 chiefly in Holland and Germany, to some extent in 

 Italy and France, and less in England. One 

 variety, the Large Asiatic, seeds abundantly in 

 Northern India. There are a few localities where 

 the seed is successfuly grown in the United States. 



In Europe the dwarf early varieties are chiefly 

 grown in the north, and the large late varieties at 

 the south. In the south the seed is most easily 

 grown, and southern seed brings the lowest price. 



