VEGETABLES CAULIFLOWER, 



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though the difference in quality between the two is as 

 great as between the fox grape of the woods and the 

 cultivated Delaware. 

 Grown in fall and al- 

 lowed to be touched 

 by frost, it is one of 

 the most delicious of 

 all vegetables. (See 

 figure 28.) 



Red Dutch, This 

 is used almost exclu- 

 sively for pickling. It 

 is one of the hardiest 

 of all Cabbages, and 

 when preserved as di- Fig> 28. -AMERICAN DRUMHEAD SAVOY 

 rected for the others. CABBAGE. 



will keep later in the 



season than any of them. It is slow to mature, however, 

 and requires a richer soil for its perfect development. 



Mammoth Rock Red, A new large-growing selected 

 strain of the old Red Cabbage, the heads of which will 

 average twelve pounds each. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



As the cultivation of Cauliflower is almost identical 

 with that of Cabbage, and as these are two of the most 

 important of all crops to the market gardener, very full 

 instructions are given under " How to grow Cabbage and 

 Cauliflower," on page 51. 



Henderson's Early Snowball, (See figure 29). This 

 variety, introduced six years ago by me, is now the lead- 

 ing early variety. We have found it to be not only the 



