THE CAULIFLOWER. 



have been foreseen and prevented. The experience 

 gained at that time, and subsequent observation, 

 have convinced the author that there are many parts 

 of the country in which the climate and soil are 

 adapted to this vegetable, but where its cultivation 

 is yet practically unknown. The requirements for 

 success with cauliflower will be found to be simple 

 but imperative. A few direct experiments may be 

 needed after one has gained the general information 

 herein set forth, to enable one to determine 

 whether it is best to continue or abandon its culti- 

 vation in his own locality. 



I have endeavored to treat the subject in a man- 

 ner adapted to the diversity of conditions found 

 within the limits of the United States. With 

 no vegetable is it more important to have fixed 

 rules for one's guidance than with the cauli- 

 flower; but these rules must of necessity be of the 

 most restricted application; in fact, they require to 

 be adjusted to almost each individual case. So, 

 while I have not omitted to give minute, practical 

 directions where they seemed necessary, I have 

 endeavored to call attention to the circumstances 

 under which they are to be employed, and must 

 here caution the grower against following them too 

 implicitly under different circumstances. This 

 remark applies particularly to the selection of varie- 

 ties and the dates of planting. 



