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EARLY AND LATE CAULIFLOWERS. 



OR early cauliflowers to cut at the end of April, May and 

 part of June. About the first week of January I take a 

 box 1 8 inches long to 12 wide and three inches deep, I 

 fill it with half loam and half sand well mixed, and press 

 it down with a brick, I then sow the seed very clear, 

 cover it up a quarter of an inch with same soil and press 

 it down again, water it well and put the box near the 

 glass in the greenhouse. When the plants are one inch long water no more on 

 top, only to the roots. About the end of January, the plants having two or 

 three leaves, I make a mixture of two parts of loam and one sand, and pot them 

 in three inch pots, one in a pot, water well and place them near the glass again. 

 Once in pots, keep them growing to avoid failure and, if too pot-bound before the 

 frames are ready, re-pot in five inch pots. 



By the second week of March the hot beds are made. Six inches of earth 

 on the manure is needed, When the heat has passed through the earth, plant as 

 soon as possible. Be careful not to break the ball of roots. I put 36 plgnts in a 

 frame of three sashes, or 12 per sash. Press well round the roots and cover 

 with the sashes. Of course frost must be kept out. They will not require water 

 for a couple of weeks, the frames being kept closed at that period, the dampness 

 of the frame is enough. Give light every day and a little air when fine during 

 these two weeks ; by that time they are generally well rooted, then begin to water, 

 moderately at first, and soak them as soon as they bud until cutting. 



The frames come in use in time for melons ; after lifting them up the 

 manure is taken from each side to fill up between the cauliflowers up to the first 



leaves. 



For late ones I sow the seed out doors in the middle of June ; keep the 

 black fly away with tobacco water or stems spread over the bed. When big 

 enough, transplant where required to bear, one foot apart ; by being thick the 

 leaves grow straight up and give the head protection against the first frosts. 



About the middle of October they are rooted up and put in frames head 

 up, the roots to spread on the ground but not covered. Keep the frost out and 

 give air at every opportunity. — Jules Betrix, Montreal Horticultural Society, 

 1802. 



Joseph Harris, of Moreton Farm, near Rochester, died the 18th November 

 last. His famous " Walks and Talks," in the American Agriculturist, have inter- 

 ested thousands, and make him celebrated. So much was his ability appreciated 

 that he was engaged by that journal as a constant contributor, at a salary of 

 $5,000 a year. 



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