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acre, and for the late crop about half that amount. 

 The variety he prefers is Henderson's Snowball, 

 this with the Early Erf art being the only kinds he 

 uses. 



Francis Brill, in his book on "Farm Gardening 

 and Seed Growing," said, in 1872, "For the past two 

 years the farmers of the east end of Long Island, 

 especially about the village of Mattituck, have 

 planted largely of cauliflower, being incited by the 

 successful experiments of some who have removed 

 here from the west end, who were formerly engaged 

 in growing vegetables for the New York markets. 

 The past season the crop has succeeded admirably, 

 and large profits, have been realized by growers in 

 this vicinity, and this by men, many of whom are 

 inexperienced in the cultivation of this or any other 

 vegetable for market; and, moreover, the most of it 

 was grown at the worst possible season of the year. 

 As a general rule, cauliflowers do not succeed well 

 on old land, and much of the land hereabouts is new, 

 and but little of it indeed has ever been used for 

 cabbages or anything of this nature. But beyond 

 a doubt it is the humid saline atmosphere of this 

 section which makes the cultivation of this vege- 

 table a success. Protracted drouths are here almost 

 unknown, and even during the temporary absence 

 of rain in the summer months the air does not seem 

 so dry and withering, so to speak, as in sections 



