166 THE CAULIFLOWEE. 



Storm). — This variety, introduced by these seeds- 

 men, of London, Canada, 1SS6, appears from their 

 description to be a selection from the Dwarf 

 Erfurt. 



Pearl {Veitch''s Pearl). — A good second-early 

 sort sent out about eight years ago; said by some 

 to be too near King in character. It seems to be 

 no longer grown. 



Perfection (Marches No. 9 j. — Eeceiyed from H. 

 A. March, of Fidalgo, AVashington, and grown at 

 the Oregon experiment station in 1890, it was 

 found to be equally good with Snowball, and similar 

 in growth to Mt. Blanc, but with a little smaller head. 



Mr. March writes me as follows, under date of 

 Aprils, 1891: 



" My Early Perfection, or ' Xo. 9,' was a sport 

 or, 'stray seed' found among some Erfurt Ear- 

 liest Dwarf, imported seed; and being the tirst 

 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 as it was perfection 

 itself, I named it Early Perfection. I am not 

 aware of another by the name of Perfection in the 

 market.*' 



Picpus Early Hardy. — At the New York experi- 

 ment station in 1885 this proved to be a large, 

 rather early sort. Yilmorin includes it in his latest 

 ■catalosTue. but it is not in the American cataloo^ues. 



