146 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



Described by Vilmorin as follows: "Plant small, 

 rather tall; leaves comparatively narrow, nearly 

 straight, a little deflexed at the extremity, and 

 slightly wavy at the border; head of medium size, 

 quickly formed, but remaining firm but a short 

 time. This variety is particularly suitable for the 

 summer crop; sown in April or May it heads in 

 August or September." In this country, when 

 used as a fall crop, no complaint is made of the 

 heads not remaining firm. Sown in May in the 

 latitude of New York it heads in September and 

 October. M. May, of France, describes this variety 

 as follows in the Revue Horficole for 1880: "An 

 early variety grown by gardeners in the outskirts 

 of Paris. It has nearly the appearance of the Half 

 Early Paris, but is smaller, with a little shorter 

 leaves, which are more narrow and upright. It is 

 sown in September, and wintered over under hand 

 glasses on a bank composed of manure from an old 

 hot-bed and exposed to the south. The crop is 

 then gathered during May. It may also be sown 

 in March and gathered in July." 



Victor Paquet, in his work on Vegetables {Plantes 

 Potagers), published at Paris in 1846, gives a 

 full account of cauliflower culture and says: "We 

 cultivate two distinct varieties, tendre and demi-dur. 

 The sub-varieties gros and ijetit Salomon are sorts 

 of the tendre^ 



