8 THE CAULIFLOWEK. 



f erences between them lie mainly in their adaptation 

 to particular purposes. There are almost none but 

 what are good somewhere. 



I cannot omit to emphasize here the fact that the 

 fall crop should be mainly relied upon in this 

 country. It is a waste of time to attempt to have 

 cauliflowers head in our hot summer months, and 

 until our markets are better supplied than they 

 now are with this vegetable, it will not often pay 

 to do much with the spring crop. The time may 

 come when, as in England, we may expect to have 

 cauliflower and broccoli the year round, but it has 

 not come yet. 



The chapter on cooking cauliflower should not be 

 overlooked. One reason why there is such a lim- 

 ted demand for this vegetable in this country is 

 that so few here know how to cook it. The meth- 

 ods of cooking it are simple enough, but there are 

 many persons who always hesitate to try anything 

 new, and as cauliflowers do not appear regularly 

 in the market these people never learn how to use 

 them. 



Those interested in extending the market for 

 this vegetable will do well to devise special means 

 for introducing it into families not familiar with it. 

 The writer found that foreigners who had been 

 accustomed to the use of cauliflower in the " Old 

 Country " were his best customers. 



