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is found in some inferior varieties, and in many 

 good varieties when they head in hot weather. 



Mossy. — Having numerous minute leaves dis- 

 tributed over the head, ^ving it a ''mossy " apx^ear- 

 ance. It is a condition of the same nature as the 

 " leafy " state above mentioned, and produced by 

 the same causes. 



EoGUE. — An undesirable sport. A cauliflower 

 which, unlike the others in the field, runs immedi- 

 ately to seed without forming a head, would be 

 called a "rogue."' 



KuxNixG. — Throwing up the flower-stalks pre- 

 paratory to the production of seed. See Break. 



TuENiNG In. — Commencing, to head; a term 

 originally applied to cabbages, but now extended to 

 other plants which form heads of any kind. 



Waety or Frothy. — A condition of the head in 

 which the surface is covered with small promi- 

 nences preparatory to running up to seed. 



Weather-Proud. — An English term which signi- 

 fies that plants are larger or more thrifty than 

 proper for the time of year. Applied, for example, 

 to wintered-over cauliflower plants during a warm, 

 early spring. 



