VAEIETIES, 



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variety. Heads have been grown weighing 28 

 pounds. 



Sutton's IMagnum Bonfm. — Sutton in 1888 says: 

 "We introduced this cauliflower to our customers 

 last year as the finest and most delicately flavored 

 variety we have growD.'* Heads large, firm, snowy 

 white; plant medium early, of strong, dwarf, habit 

 and broad leaves, which "are serviceable for shading- 

 the heads." 



Sutton's Snowball. — A very early dwarf variety 

 mentioned in the Garden in 1875. 



Taeanto. — Offered as new by J. M. Thorburn, in 

 1891, and said to be very large and to resemble 

 Autumn Giant. 



Thoebuen's Eaely SN0^YBALL ( Thorbum, 1890). 

 — No description. 



Thoebuen's Gilt Edge. — Gregory says in 1890- 

 "This is undoubtedly the finest strain of the Snow- 

 ball variety. It is a little later and larger than the 

 common Snowball, and can be left longer in the 

 field without decaying. I considered it the best of 

 all the dozen varieties raised in my experimental 

 grounds this season." 



Thoebuen's Xonpaeeil, see Nonpareil. 

 Thoebuen's Wondfeful. — At the New York ex- 

 periment station in 1883 this variety matured with 

 Yeitch's Autumn Giant and Walcheren, and was 

 larger than either of those. At the same station in 



