52 CAULIFLOWER. 



April. They should then be turned out with the balls of 

 earth entire, and transplanted into a bed of the richest earth 

 in the garden, at the distance of two feet and a half from 

 each other every way; the residue may be taken up from the 

 frame the last week in April, or earlier, if the season proves 

 mild, by means of a garden trowel, and transplanted as 

 above.* 



The plants should afterward be well cultivated, by hoeing 

 the ground deep around them, and bringing some earth grad- 

 ually up to their stem, so as to push them forward before the 

 approach of warm weather. When the soil has been drawn 

 up to the plants some little time, fork the ground between the 

 rows lightly over, which will promote their growth. They 

 should be liberally supplied with water in dry weather; those 

 out of flower twice a week, and those in, every other day, 

 which will contribute to their producing very large heads. As 

 the flower heads appear, the larger leaves should be broken 

 down over them, to defend them from the sun and rain, in 

 >rder that the heads or pulps may be close, and of their nat- 

 ural colour. 



Plants from the autumn sowing are generally allowed to 

 succeed best ; but good Cauliflowers are sometimes produced 

 from seed sown in a hot-bed toward the end of January, or 

 early in February. Great pains must be taken to have the 

 bed in good condition to receive the seed; when the plants 

 are up, they must have air every mild day, and as they pro- 



* Many persons are apt to forget, that the successful cultivation of Cau- 

 liflower depends on the particular seasons in which the plants are raised 

 and set out ; and, consequently, instead of raising their own plants in the 

 right seasons, apply for them at the seed-stores and gardens, in May and 

 June. Now, it should he recollected, that if early Cauliflower do not ar- 

 rive at, or near perfection, by the end of June, the plants get stunted by 

 the heat, and seldom yield any thing but leaves, except the summer should 

 prove mild, in which rase, some of the early plants may flower in autumn ; 

 but it is needless to risk the setting out of early Cauliflower plants later 

 than April for the sake of such chance, because plants raised from seed 

 sown about the middle of May, and transplanted in July, are by far the 

 most likely to produce good fall Cauliflower 



