114 CAULIFLOWER. 



grown. The heads are as sweet and tender as the best 

 field product, and we have rarely grown a crop under 

 glass, either of vegetables or flowers, which was so satis- 

 factory and which attracted so much attention as these 

 crops of cauliflowers. As to varieties, there is evidently 

 little choice between the Erfurt and Snowball strains. In 

 the last and most successful crop, the Early Snowball 

 was the earlier, but otherwise it had little if any superi- 

 ority over the other. 



Subsequent experience has confirmed the methods 

 detailed above, and has convinced us that cauliflower is 

 one of the most satisfactory plants for forcing, so far as 

 the growing of them is concerned. It is a question 

 whether they would bring sufficient price in the market 

 to warrant the raising of them in winter. The grower 

 would certainly need to have a special market, for it is 

 not a staple commodity. Field-grown cauliflowers are 

 now kept in cold storage, which would still further re- 

 duce the demand for forced heads. It should be said, 

 in closing, that cauliflower seed is very expensive, and 

 that only the very best seed can be relied upon for good 

 results. 



