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The Mediterranean varieties are generally large, 

 and require for the most part too long a season to 

 be popular and successful in this country. As 

 dwarf varities have been produced, the cultivation 

 of this vegetable in Europe has extended farther 

 north. As already stated, when the cauliflower 

 was first cultivated in France the island of Cyprus 

 was the only place where it was known to seed, and 

 for a time the plant was known in England under 

 the name of Cyprus Colewort. 



Although most of the seed used in the Tnited 

 States is still imported, American grown seed 

 appears to give good satisfaction and is moderate 

 in price. Professor W. J. Green, of the Ohio ex- 

 periment station, who tested Puget Sound seed in 

 1889. reported as follows: " The most remarkable 

 examples [of the superiority of Northern grown 

 seed] are found in the Puget Sound cabbage and 

 cauliflower seed, which show great vitality and 

 consequent vigor in growth of plant. We have 

 received numerous samples grown in that region 

 by H. A. March and A. G. Tillinghast, brother of 

 Isaac Tillinghast, the seedsman. These seeds were 

 very large, full of vitality, and the plants uncom- 

 monly vigorous. At transplanting time the plants 

 were nearly twice the height of others of the same 

 variety, while the difference in color was very 

 marked. This robust habit continued to manifest 



