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THE CAULIFLOWER, 



more remote from the ocean, the Sound and the 

 great salt water bays by which we are surrounded." 

 The varieties he mentions are Early Erfurt and 

 Early Paris for the first crop, the Nonpareil and 

 [or] Half Early Paris for a succession, with Lenor- 

 mand and Walcheren for late. 



The same author, in his work entitled "Cauli- 

 flowers and How to Grow Them," published in 1886, 

 says: " The cultivation of cauliflower in the eastern 

 towns of Suffolk County, N. Y., familiarly known 

 as the east end of Long Island, was begun at Matti- 

 tuck about sixteen years ago, upon a small scale, as an 

 experiment, by one or two gardeners from the west 

 end who were formerly engaged in growing vege- 

 tables for New York markets. The success which at- 

 tended these experiments, and the subsequent efforts 

 of some of our farmers, who by reason of reported 

 great profits, were induced to take up the cultivation 

 of this crop, has been an incentive to others, until at 

 the present time an East End farm without an acre 

 or more of cauliflower is an exception, while in the 

 towns of Riverhead and Southold many farmers 

 grow from five to fifteen acres each, and in the 

 other towns of Suffolk County the business is largely 

 on the increase. As a rule the crop has done well, 

 subject of course to the ravages of insects, drouths, 

 etc., which have at times been serious drawbacks; 

 especially was this the case in 1884, when the crop 



