148 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



[Extra Early] Erfart and one of the best of its 

 class. 



D. M. Ferry cS: Co., the introducers of this 

 variety write me as follows regarding its history. 

 *' The Puritan cauliflower originated as the product 

 of a particularly early, large- headed, aud dwarf - 

 growing plant found in a large crop of Snowball 

 during: the summer of 1886. The seed from this 

 plant was saved, and selections made fi'om the 

 product until a sufficient quantity was secured. It 

 was first noticed and selected by one of the largest 

 cauliflower growers in this country, and great care" 

 was taken in selecting and seeding the plant. It 

 is purely American, both in origin and growth." 



It appears from the letter of H. A. March, on 

 page 122, that this variety originated with him 

 from Henderson's Snowball, at Fidalgo, Washington. 



Early Snowball. — Under this name Dean's 

 Early Snowball is generally known in England, and 

 this is probably the variety often sold as Snowball in 

 the past in this country. Henderson's Early Snow- 

 ball is, however, now sold under that name by many 

 seedsmen, and is the one sent out as Early Snowball 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



Seedsmen sometimes prefix their own name, to 

 the variety or strain of Snowball which they sell. 

 All varieties bearing this or similar names are, so 

 far as known, of the Dwarf Erfurt group. 



