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applications of nitrate of soda once a week during 

 the growing season will hasten the development 

 of the head; wood ashes, too, are beneficial. 



The insect enemies of the cauliflower are those 

 of the cabbage, but they molest it in a somewhat 

 lesser degree. The remedies to be employed are 

 the same. 



There are two important varieties of cauli- 

 flower — The Snowball and the Dry Weather. 

 The former is a poor cropper in dry seasons un- 

 less artificial irrigation can be supplied. The 

 Dry Weather Cauliflower, on the other hand, 

 seems to be at its best in a dry season and will 

 give fine heads when the other fails. As one 

 can not forecast what the rainfall of any given 

 season will be it is well to be provided against 

 any contingency by planting both varieties of 

 cauliflower; by this forethought one will be as- 

 sured of a crop whatever the weather and the 

 snowballs that failed to head during August and 

 September may come on in October and Novem- 

 ber and give a late crop for pickling. 



In the majority of gardens cauliflowers are 

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