THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



be cut off by cut-worms. When this occurs, the 

 only remedy is to replace the plants with others 

 from the coldf rame. 



Spring outdoor-started plants will not give 

 very early cauliflowers, but will come on in July 

 and August, and are used for pickling as well as for 

 the table. Where it is desired to grow cauliflowers 

 for the summer use on the table, it will be neces- 

 sary to start the plants very early in the hotbeds, 

 or in the South start in the fall and winter them 

 in coldframes, and plant out as early in spring as 

 the ground can be worked. The wintering in cold- 

 frames hardens them, so that this early planting 

 is possible, which is not the case with the tender 

 greenhouse or hotbed plants. At the North, plants 

 of the cabbage and cauliflower cannot well be kept 

 over in coldframes. 



If there is a rather wet, low spot in the garden, 

 it may be used for the cauliflower better than for 

 almost any other vegetable. 



The cabbage worm often causes serious trouble 

 with the cauliflowers, and as soon as the little white 

 butterflies are seen hovering about the plants, 

 search must be made for the eggs and these de- 

 stroyed. They will be found on the underside of 



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