342 The Principles of Vegetable -Gardening 



in the hotter and dryer parts of the country. Its re- 

 quirements are similar to those of the cabbage except 

 that it is injured by hot suns and dry weather, and it 

 therefore needs a cool and moist atmosphere. Along 

 the seaboard of the northeastern states, near the Great 

 Lakes, and in the Pug-et Sound region, cauliflower is 

 grown with success, as it is, also, in special locations in 

 many parts of the country. Wherever irrigation can be 

 practiced, it may also be grown successfully. In the 

 American climate the effort is usually made to secure 

 the crop early or late and thereby to avoid growing it in 

 the heat of midsummer. When thus grown, its range of 

 adaptability is'much extended. Under this system, the 

 early crop is usually off in June or July. This crop is 

 secured by growing the early varieties, like the Snow- 

 ball and Paris, and by starting the plants under glass. 

 The late crop is matured late in the fall from seeds 

 that are sown in summer in seed-beds. For this crop 

 some of the later and larger -growing varieties may be 

 used. There is a family of long-season and late-matur- 

 ing cauliflowers, relatively little grown in this country, 

 which is known under the general name of broccoli. 



In order that the heads of cauliflower may be white 

 and tender, care should be taken that they are not sun- 

 burned. If the heads mature in midsummer, it is well 

 to tie the leaves together over the head or to break a 

 few of the leaves over it in order to shade it. 



Every effort should be made to conserve the moisture 

 by deep preparation of the land in the first place and 

 by frequent surface tillage thereafter. Low but well- 

 drained bottom-lands are usually chosen in order that 



