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earliest of all Cauliflowers, but it is more certain to make 

 a Lead than any other variety we have ever grown. 

 Soion March 1st in our trial grounds in Jersey City 

 (which, however, is a month too late), at the same time 

 and under the same conditions with other kinds, heads 

 of the Early Snowball measuring nine inches in diameter 

 have been ready to market by June 10th, one week before 

 any other sort. From its dwarf growth and short outer 

 leaves, this variety has been found to be peculiarly well 

 adapted for forcing under glass, and for this purpose no 

 other variety is now so largely grown. It is also begin- 

 ning to be used for the fall crop of Cauliflower, for which 



Fig. 29. HENDERSON'S EARLY SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER. 



it is equally well adapted as for the early crop. From 

 12,000 to 13,000 are planted on an acre. This variety 

 is a very shy seed-bearer, and the consequent high price 

 ol the seed has induced unprincipled dealers in many 

 sections of the country to substitute spurious sorts. In 

 our trial grounds we found that in a test of ten of these 

 samples purporting to be the true *' Snowball," not one 

 was correct, and nearly all were worthless. 



