94 Subtropical Vegetable-Gardening 



the fancy markets, nearly as much pains is taken with this 

 vegetable as with fancy fruits, and the growing of this class 

 of cauliflower pays best. Before wrapping, each head 

 should be allowed to dry thoroughly. In regard to the 

 package, the customers are not so particular because the 

 product is usually removed from the package before it is 

 sold to the retail dealers. The barrel or box should not 

 contain more than 2^ bushels, to avoid bruising the lower 

 heads by the weight of the upper ones. For a distant 

 market, it is better to use a crate that will hold about as 

 much as a tomato crate. 



Seed production. 



The seed is imported from Europe, and some quantity 

 is grown in this country. It is very difficult to grow the 

 seed in the gardening districts of the eastern United States, 

 as the heads have to be kept over winter, and the seeds 

 ripened the next summer. Fine heads cannot be kept from 

 rotting, so half-matured specimens have to be chosen. 

 Is not here a profitable employment for a small capital 

 in the South? Our crop can be manured early so that 

 the seeds can ripen the same season. If an ordinary 

 crop happened to be somewhat late, it might be allowed to 

 go to seed. With a decrease in the price of seed, there 

 would be an increase in consumption. As cauliflower is 

 one of the most delicious vegetables, there need be no 

 fear of over-production. 



Varieties of cauliflower. 



Good varieties which can be depended upon are, 

 Early Dwarf, Erfurt, Early Snowball, and Extra Early 



