THE EARLY CROP. 55 



found as yet [1875] are the Dwarf Erfurt and 

 Early Paris." 



Notwithstanding the care required for the early 

 crop, the same writer states in his earlier work on 

 "Gardening for Profit," (published in 1867, during 

 a period of high prices,) that "for the past four or 

 five years cauliflowers [early] have been one of my 

 most profitable crops. I have, during that time, 

 grown about one acre each year, which has cer- 

 tainly averaged $1,500. On one occasion the crop 

 proved almost an entire failure, owing to unusual 

 drought in May; while, on another occasion, with 

 an unusually favorable season, it sold at nearly 

 $3,000 per acre. The average price for all planted 

 is about $15 per 100, and as from 10,000 to 12,000 

 are grown to the acre, it will result in nearly the 

 average before named $1,500 per acre. Unlike 

 cabbages, however, only a limited number is 

 yet sold, and I have found that an acre of 

 them has been quite as much as could be profitably 

 grown in one garden." 



The above, by the late well-known New York 

 seedsman and market gardener, though written 

 nearly forty years ago, is true to-day, so far as the 

 general profitableness of the cauliflower is concerned, 

 and the extra care required with the early crop. 



The chief condition of success with early cauli- 

 flowers is that they shall head before hot weather 



