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clubroot on ground intended for the culture of cubbiige or any of its 

 close relatives. 



(4) Don't plant cabbage on an infected field within six or seven 

 3'ears after the diseased crop has been harvested. 



(5) Don't grow turnips, rape, mustard or other cabbage-like plants 

 on clubroot-infectcd soil unless you wish to perpetuate the disease. 



Cauliflower. 



Cauliflower is always grown as a niarket.-garden crop or for home 

 use, never in any sense as a farm crop. Practically everj^thing that 

 has been said in regard to cabbage, as to soil, fertilizers, growing of the 

 plants, preparation of the soil, planting and cultivation, applies with 

 equal force to cauliflower. The only exception worthy of note is that 

 cauliflower may be set somewhat closer in the row than cabbage, but 

 the practice of growers varies, and many set at practically the distance 

 apart recommended for cabbage in the foregoing. 



When the head begins to form the leaves should be drawn together 

 and fastened over the head, to keep the sunlight from it. Properly 

 sheltered the head will present the pure white ai)pearance so much 

 admired in the market. If tlie sun is allowed to touch the heads after 

 they have begun to grow they will first turn green and later reddish. 

 No amount of bleaching will remove this color once it has been acquired; 

 the only way to prevent it is to act in time. The leaves should be 

 drawn together at the top, one at a time, overlapping each other, and 

 fastened together by a wooden pin or skewer, thrust through the leaves, 

 or they may be tied together with raffia or any sort of twine. Both 

 methods are used, and with equal satisfaction, according to the prefer- 

 ence of the grower. 



Harvesting is controlled by the size of the heads and the state of the 

 market. The stalks are cut and the leaves trimmed off close to the 

 head. Some cauliflower comes into the market, in Massachusetts, in 

 August, but the greater part of the crop is marketed in September and 

 October. 



Cauliflower is sometimes stored by setting in celerj^ pits, the roots 

 being set into the sand the same as is done with celery. Here they will 

 increase somewhat in size, and, as no light is admitted to the pit, will 

 not suffer in appearance. About half the leaves are cut off when 

 cauliflower is stored in this manner. Sold in midwinter or later they 

 often bring very high prices, and this method of storing is usually so 

 profitable that it is surprising that it is not practiced to a greater 

 extent than is the case. 



There is no mystery about the growing of cauliflower, if treated 

 exactly like cabbage, except for the protection by the leaves, as above 

 indicated. It can be grown in any garden, and forms so attractive and 

 tempting a table vegetable that it should be among those grown by 

 every person having a garden for the furnishing of his own table. 



