THE CAULIFLOWER. 4? 



forty plants to the acre. The advantage of the plan is, 

 that you can cultivate the ground both ways between the 

 plants with a horse-hoe, and the labor of tending the 

 crop is very slight. 



SAVOY CABBAGES. 



The Savoy Cabbages are so unlike ordinary cabbages 

 that some works place them under a separate head, as 

 Savoys. In the Savoys the leaves are strongly wrinkled, 

 or blistered, and the heads are never very solid. In tex- 

 ture and flavor they are more like a cauliflower than like 

 the ordinary winter cabbages, being very tender and mar- 

 row-like, and most delicious to those who like cabbages 

 at all. They are among the hardiest of cabbages, and 

 may be left out until the last. Their cultivation is the 

 same as that of other late varieties. 



THE CAULIFLOWER. 



The cultivation of the Cauliflower is very similar to 

 that required for the cabbage. The method of raising the 

 plants is the same; the time and manner of setting 

 out is the same; the distance apart is the same, as is the 

 method of preparing and enriching the land. The only 

 difference is, that the cauliflower, being a little more del- 

 icate, every operation must be conducted with greater 

 care and thoroughness. The profits of the crop are very 

 large, and it will pay those who raise it to spare no pains 

 that will insure success. 



There was a time when it was thought that the Ameri- 

 can climate was particularly unsuited to the growth of 

 the cauliflower; such, however, is not the case. We are 

 now satisfied that as good cauliflowers can be grown here 

 as in any other country. Our hot sun, which was sup- 

 posed to render the cultivation difficult, if not impossi- 



