CAULIFLOWER 73 



ounce will give two thousand five hundred or more 

 plants, five dollars an ounce is not really expensive. 

 As with cabbage, the old method of fall sowing and 

 wintering the plants in frames is giving way to the 

 method of starting the plants in spring under glass. 

 Varieties are practically two, early (dwarf) and late. 

 Diseases and pests are sometimes very troublesome. 



Fig. 37. Cauliflower head, the leaves trimmed off. 



Soil should be especially rich, moist but well drained. 

 Almost any quantity of manure (horse manure pre- 

 ferred) may be worked into the soil, and should be 

 supplemented with potash and phosphoric acid. Before 

 setting out put the soil into fine tilth, and keep it so. 

 Bait against cutworms before setting out, as with 

 cabbage. 



