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get in second crops of Celery, etc. ; but when wanted for 

 fall or winter use, its treatment is the same in all respects 

 as that of Broccoli. Like all our market garden products, 

 we grow only a very limited number of varieties, and these 

 such as are suited to our climate here ; some of the most 

 popular English sorts being perfectly worthless with us. 

 Early Erfurt, This is our favorite sort, being a dwari 

 compact growing kind, producing uniformly large heads ; 

 the leaves grow more up- 

 right than in any other 

 variety , consequently it 

 can be planted closer, 24 

 inches by 15 inches, while 

 most of the other sorts re- 

 quire 28 inches by 18 inch- 

 es. This variety is com- 

 paratively new, and the 

 seeds are very scarce and 

 high priced. 



Early Paris, This well- 

 known variety stands next 

 on the list ; it is equally 

 meritorious in all respects to the Erfurt, except that it re- 

 quires more space to grow in. 



Half Early, A variety that is very useful for a succes- 

 sion crop. The great difficulty with Cauliflowers for mar- 

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

 the space of two weeks, unless we have varieties that come 

 on in succession. 



Wellington, Recently introduced ; forms a flower head 

 of immense size ; we have measured them 13 inches in di- 



Fig. 33. EARLY ERFURT CAULI- 

 FLOWER. 



