22-4 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



Button. — To form small heads prematurely, as 

 often occurs when plants are left too long in the 

 seed-bed. 



Curd. — The material composing the head of a 

 cauliflower. Sometimes the heads individually are 

 called "curds." 



Drawn. — Having an abnormally long stem, owing 

 to. crowding, or too great heat, or too little light in 

 the seed- bed. 



Flower or Blossom. — Terms often applied to the 

 head in the cauliflower, either from its resemblance 

 to a flower, or from a mistaken idea that it really is 

 a flower. 



Floweret. — A term sometimes applied to one of 

 the sprays or sub- divisions of a cauliflower head. 



Frothy, see Warty. 



Glaucous. — Pale bluish-green; sea-green. 



Head. — The edible part of a cauliflower, consist- 

 ing of a mass of thickened flower- stems at an early 

 stage of growth, before they have separated and 

 elongated preparator}" to forming flowers and seeds. 

 Various other terms have been applied to it, such 

 as "flower" or "blossom," "boquet," "heart," 

 and, by the French, " pomme " (apple), but some- 

 times also "tete" (head). 



Heart, see Head. 



Leafy. — Having the head interspersed with 

 rather small leaves. A tendency to this condition 



