VEGETABLES CARDOO^. 169 



Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt, This fine sort is a dwarf, 

 compact, growing kind, producing uniformly large 

 heads. The leaves grow larger and not so close as the 

 Snowball, besides it is not so early. 



Extra Early Paris, This well-known variety is 

 equally meritorious in all respects with the Erfurt, ex- 

 cept that it requires more space to grow in, as it forms 

 larger heads. 



Half Early Paris or Nonpareil, A useful variety for 

 succession crop. The difficulty with Cauliflowers for 

 market is, that the whole crop comes in and must be sold 

 in a space of two or three weeks, unless we have a suc- 

 cession of varieties. 



Le Normand's Short Stemmed, A large late variety, 

 producing well-formed heads of excellent quality. 



Large Late Algiers. An excellent late variety, now 

 coming into very general favor on Long Island, New 

 York, and other Cauliflower-growing districts. Enor- 

 mous quantities of this variety are annually grown for 

 market and pickling, with varying results, sometimes 

 selling as high as $25 per 100, and again as low as $3. It 

 is usually planted quite wide three by three feet each 

 wa v and worked by horse cultivation. It is a good 

 plan to break and turn down the leaves of Cauliflower 

 over the head as it is developed. This not only keeps it 

 whiter, but prevents its spreading. 



CABDOON. (Cynara Cardunculus.) 



A vegetable that is but little grown, and grown 

 oftener as a novelty than for use. It belongs to the same 

 family as the Artichoke, which it much resembles. The 

 leaf stems, after blanching, are used in soups or in sal- 

 ads. It is cultivated by sowing the seeds in early spring, 



