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the seeds covered but lightly with fine soil. If the bed 

 is much exposed to sun or drying winds, a sheet of 

 cheesecloth or burlap should be stretched over the bed 

 during the dryest part of the day, until the seeds are 

 well up, or a light covering of fine sphagnum may be 

 sifted over them. More care is required in transplant- 

 ing the cauliflower than the cabbage, but otherwise the 

 cultural treatment is the same. When the heads begin 

 to form the outside leaves are drawn together and tied 

 with a soft string or raffia to keep the heads white. 

 They must be marketed while solid and are packed in 

 bushel or barrel boxes so as not to injure one another, 

 one layer only in a box. From four to six are packed in 

 the bushel box and from ten to fifteen in the large boxes. 

 Cauliflower sells at from 5 to 25 cents per head, thus 

 making it a profitable crop where one has just the 

 right conditions for the growth. 



Varieties. 



The varieties most grown are Early Snowball, Dwarf 

 Erfurt, and Le Normand's Short-stem. 



Brussels Sprouts. 



Many people are fond of these little "bud cabbages," 

 and in large markets they are in good demand. They 

 require the same treatment as the cabbage. For mar- 

 ket they are picked as they mature, the lowest first and 

 the others as they come to maturity, and are sold by the 

 bushel to the wholesaler, to be retailed by the quart or 

 half-peck. 



Varieties. 



Dreer's Select Matchless and Long Island Half-dwarf 

 are the more popular kinds now cultivated. 



