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well, but do not cover it. The head is well rounded, 

 very regular, of remarkable whiteness, and very 

 fine and close. It readily attains a diameter of 

 fifteen to twenty centimeters [about five to seven 

 inches]. This variety is especially adapted to 

 forcing, as its small size permits it to be readily 

 cultivated under glass. The best times for sowing 

 it appear to be at the beginning of spring and the 

 end of summer. One may also sow it in September 

 to obtain a crop in April and May." 



!Mr. J. Pedersen, of Denmark, speaks as follows 

 of this variety in Burpee's work on "Cabbages and 

 Cauliflowers:" "The success with cauliflowers 

 depends greatly upon the right choice of varieties. 

 This year, for instance, we have in this country 

 suffered from drouth to an extent not known of 

 for the last score of years, and yet I have seen a 

 surprisingly grand field of cauliflowers, of an im- 

 proved strain of the Early Dwarf Erfurt variety, 

 grown in a stiff clayey soil, very dry in the surface, 

 not in the best state of cultivation, and without any 

 artificial watering whatever. The roots of the 

 plants were ' puddled ' when planted out ; that 

 was all. I do not believe that seven per cent., per- 

 haps not five, of said field of thirty or forty 

 thousand plants failed to make fine, large, solid, 

 beautifully white and typical heads. Other varie- 



