THE CAULIFLOWER INDUSTRY. 21 



the immediate vicinity of Paris large quantities of 

 cauliflower are grown for market. 



In some parts of Germany the cauliflower is a 

 very popular crop. Around Erfurt, which is 

 nearly in the center of the empire, greater care is 

 taken with its cultivation than probably anywhere 

 else in the world, and large quantities are grown 

 for seed. The late James Vick has told (Eeport 

 Mich. Pom. Soc., 1874, p. 206,) how the low swampy 

 land around Erfurt is thrown up into wide beds 

 with ditches between, from which, every dry day, the 

 water is dipped upon the plants. In Austria, also, 

 cauliflower is a well-known vegetable, and several 

 valuable varieties have originated in that country. 

 Few seedsmen offer a more complete list of varie- 

 ties than those of Vienna. In Italy the cauliflower 

 has long been known, and in some places is a 

 staple food of the poorer classes. Most of our 

 standard late varieties are of Italian origin. 



In Holland, cauliflowers are grown not only for 

 home use and for seed, but also for the early Lon- 

 don market. Around London the cauliflower has 

 been extensively grown for a longer time than any- 

 where else, and it is there regarded as one of the 

 most important garden crops. A recent English 

 writer says: " With the exception of the potato, I 

 question whether there is another vegetable to be 

 compared with the cauliflower for general useful- 



