VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



about $700. The price varies from $1 to $2 per 

 dozen. 



They are usually grown, like late cabbage, 

 for a second crop. Sometimes a piece of land is 

 devoted solely to them through the season ; but 

 when set early they do not usually head as well. 

 From the first of May until the first of July, accord- 

 ing to the date when plants will be wanted for 

 setting, is the time to put in the seed. It is a crop 

 that well repays generous treatment in cultivation. 

 With a deep rich soil, well supplied with moisture, 

 which in dry seasons must be artificially furnished, 

 cauliflowers can be grown well. Frequent hoeing 

 and a liberal supply of rich liquid manure, to keep 

 up a continuous and rapid growth, will produce 

 splendid heads of the most delicate flavour. It 

 facilitates blanching if the leaves are gathered 

 loosely together, and tied over the top of the head 

 to protect from the sun. They must be taken 

 before the flowers begin to open. 



There is no garden crop that is pinched more 

 severely by a drought than the cauliflower; and 

 none, perhaps, which will pay better for irrigation. 



Sowing for plants of the very earliest varieties 

 may be done in houses or hot-beds in February 



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