VARIETY TESTS. 



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The season of 1889 was uncommonly favorable 

 for the cauliflower, and it will be seen from the 

 above table that these varieties headed with greater 

 uniformity and from two to four weeks earlier than 

 the same or similar varieties the preceeding year. 



CoLOR.YDO Experiment Station (Fort CoUins). — 

 The following report, slightly condensed, from the 

 report of the Colorado experiment station for 1888, 

 will be useful for comparison: "Seed of sixteen 

 varieties of cauliflower was sown April 12 in hot- 

 bed and transplanted to the open ground May 7. 

 They were irrigated at planting time, and on May 



14 and 28, June 11, July 5 and 20, August 8 and 



15 and on September 5. The area in crop was one- 

 third of an acre and the stand nearly perfect. The 

 plants were hoed twice and cultivated six times. 

 The soil, a clay loam, was lacking in fertility for 

 the best culture of the cabbage and the cauliflower. 

 Of the varieties grown. Henderson's Snowball was 

 the best, with the latter's Erfurt a good second. 

 These two types, when well selected, are the only 

 ones that can be relied upon to give profitable re- 

 sults in Colorado." 



It will be noticed in the table that Early Paris 

 and Early London, two varieties which have long 

 been popular at the East, entirely failed to head. 



