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Inter-Culture with Cauliflower. Either with cabbage or 

 cauliflower some inter-cropping could be done in the irri- 

 gated garden if the fullest use of the space must be made. 

 In early spring planting, lettuce plants grown in a seed 

 bed can be set between cauliflowers at the same time of 

 setting out the plants. As soon as the lettuce is ready 

 to cut, plant some variety of early beans close to the let- 

 tuce, and by the time the lettuce is cut the beans are up ; 

 and by this time the cauliflower is ready to cut. Pull the 

 stumps as the cauliflower is cut and this gives the ground 

 to the coming crop of beans. Thus three crops can be 

 raised on the same ground the same season. This crop- 

 ping can only be done on a summer crop of cauliflower. 

 For winter cauliflower, set Hanson's lettuce between each 

 plant, and in this way have early lettuce when lettuce is 

 scarce. Other combinations and successions will readily 

 suggest themselves. 



Varieties of Cauliflower. Several varieties are popular 

 in this State : 



Early Snowball : early and a sure header ; large, white, 

 and fine ; robust, counted the best all-round early variety. 



California Wonder: this variety originated with C. C. 

 Morse & Co., of San Francisco ; it comes into market soon 

 after the Early Snowball, producing much larger heads, 

 and of the finest quality. It has been extensively grown 

 for the Eastern market. 



California Pearl of Aggeler & Musser Seed Co. of Los 

 Angeles: held to be specially suited to semi-tropical cli- 

 mates and for shipment because of full leaf cover of head. 



Germain's Dry Weather of Germain Seed & Plant Co. 

 of Los Angeles, enduring heat and drouth better than 

 other varieties: heads large as Snowball and almost as 

 early ; held to be specially suited to arid regions. 



California Mammoth : of local origin, exceedingly large ; 

 commended for local use only. 



Extra Early Paris: head medium size; compact, stem 

 short ; a hardy kind and rather easy to grow. 



