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begin to push aside the small leaves, tie the larger 

 leaves together over the centers, leaving a few still loose. 

 This is to exclude rain and sun. It will not keep worms 

 out: these should previously have been exterminated, 

 or they will ruin the heads with their droppings. 



Cut the heads at full size. 



Diseases are the same as with cabbage, which see. 



Pests are also much the same as with cabbage. 

 Plant-lice may be fought by insect powders, kerosene 

 emulsion, hot suds, or tobacco in solution. The root- 

 maggot is especially injurious to Cauliflower; treat as 

 with cabbage. As said, worms should be exterminated 

 before the plants head ; if the poisoned resin-lime 

 mixture is used, apply once soon after setting, and once 

 before the heads begin to thrust aside the inner leaves. 

 The poison should not reach the head. 



CELERIAC, or Turnip-rooted Celery (Apium grave- 

 olens, var. rapaceum) is a vegetable of the celery family 

 grown for its enlarged root, which when raw or boiled 

 is used in salads and for flavoring, or is cooked as a 

 vegetable. With a celery flavor, and keeping well, it 

 should be better known in America, where it is in de- 

 mand chiefly among the German population. It is grown 

 like celery without the earthing-up (although some 

 growers earth the roots, a simple process) and is placed 

 at less distances. As with celery, transplanting is neces- 

 sary to success. Celeriac is not offered in America in 



