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ditions and circumstances, all have been positively 

 condemned except those above named." The varie- 

 ties referred to are the Dwarf Erfurt strains (in- 

 cluding Henderson's), the Algiers, and the Early 

 and Half Early Paris the latter two being now 

 superceded by the former. 



C. H. Allen, in the American Agriculturist for 

 1889, page 297, says: "No section of the United 

 States seems so well adapted to the growing of the 

 cauliflower as the northeastern part of Long Island, 

 N. Y. For the earliest crop a piece of heavy sod 

 ground is plowed during the month of April. It is 

 then spread with fish scrap at the rate of one ton to 

 the acre, which is thoroughly harrowed in. A strip 

 is then prepared for sowing seed, by raking the 

 ground until it is in good condition ; the first sowing 

 of seed is made May 15. The seed for the main 

 crop is sown ten to twenty days later. When the 

 plants are ready to set the ground is again plowed 

 in an opposite direction from the first plowing and 

 then spread with muriate of potash at the rate of half 

 a ton to the acre, or if fish scrap cannot be pro- 

 cured, some standard fertilizer is used after the 

 second plowing without the addition of muriate of 

 potash. The Early Dwarf Erfurt and Snowball are 

 the most popular varieties. The Algiers has been 

 largely used, but for the past two or three seasons 

 has done very poorly, and will not be grown in the 



