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The Profitable Culture of Vegetables. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Brassica oleracea botrytis cauliflora. 



THE Cauliflower is one of the most important crops grown 

 in the market garden. It is a vegetable which is always 

 appreciated by the consumer, and a good sample usually 

 commands a ready sale. It can be grown successfully on 

 almost any class of soil if its requirements are attended to, 

 and although these are simple they are imperative. They con- 

 sist of abundant food supplies and sufficient moisture, with 

 conditions which will permit growth to proceed rapidly, without 

 any check. The land on which Cauliflowers are to be planted 

 should be well drained, deeply worked, and rich with manure, 

 though this should not be of a fresh or rank nature, and the 

 purpose is best served when the land is dressed with thoroughly 

 decayed manure or when it has been applied fresh to a pre- 

 ceding crop. 



Sowing Resolves itself into 

 three periods. Two are 

 made with an interval of 

 three weeks between, from 

 the last week in August to the 

 first week in October, accor- 

 ding to the locality (the more 

 southerly the situation the 

 later the sowing) ; these are 

 for the early spring supplies, 

 partly grown under protec- 

 tion. The next sowings, to 

 raise plants for the summer 

 crops, are made on a mild 

 hot-bed in February and 

 March. The third are made 



in the open during April and up to the first week in May, for 

 autumn supplies. 



For the first sowing prepare a seed-bed of light rich material. 

 Sow the seed broadcast, thinly, cover lightly with sifted decayed 

 manure, press down with the firming board, and water well. 



Copyright, S. S. 



Button's Magnum Bonum 

 Cauliflower. 



