CAULIFLOWER ON PUGET SOUND. 123 



"I enclose you my circular, with reports from 

 growers and dealers, also quite a few from the 

 experiment stations. I have a large number that 

 I have not printed, as they came too late for this 

 year. The business has grown from a few pounds 

 in 1882 to nearly 300 pounds in 1890. I think in 

 the near future, that Puget Sound will grow all of 

 the cauliflower seed that will be grown in the 

 country. Cabbage seed is also grown to a large 

 extent. I raised about two tons last year, and 

 there probably will be ten tons raised on Puget 

 Sound the coming summer. 



'• Cabbage and cauliflower are grown to a consid- 

 erable extent both in Oregon and Washington, 

 though California sends our first to this market. 



" You ask me for an account of my Early Perfec- 

 tion or "No. 9." It was a S2:)07^t or a "stray seed,'' 

 found among some Erfurt Earliest Dwarf imported 

 seed, and being the first in the field to form a 

 head by over a week, I naturally saved it for 

 "stock seed," and as it propagated itself perfectly, 

 and was perfection itself, I named it Early Perfec- 

 tion. I am not aware of another by the name of 

 Perfection on the market — never saw it in the 

 seedmen's catalogues. Early Padilla and Early 

 Long Island Beauty, by Brill, are the same; they 

 originated with me, are a selection from Erfurt 

 Large, and are early aod large. 



