74 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



and the crop headed earlier. It can be marketed 

 as far away as Philadelphia." 



In Kent County, with which I am familiar, the 

 cauliflower is successfully cultivated by many 

 gardeners, but, as the air is drier, more care is 

 required there in selecting the soil, the crop being 

 usually grown on bottom lands favorably situated 

 with regard to moisture, and containing an abund 

 ance of vegetable matter. It is occasionally grown 

 on muck, but such land is not as reliable as that of 

 a heavier character. On the light, sandy, and 

 gravelly uplands, which abound in this county, the 

 cultivation of the cauliflower is seldom attempted, 

 and always fails, except in unusually wet seasons, 

 although when such land is heavily manured, the 

 cabbage may be grown successfully. 



At Duluth, Minnesota, near the western end of 

 Lake Superior, I have seen as fine cauliflowers 

 growing as I ever saw anywhere. The soil was 

 black loamy, upland. 



Mr. J. S. Brocklehurst, of Oneota, in the same 

 county, considers his locality unsurpassed for the 

 cauliflower. 



In Northern Wisconsin there is considerable ter- 

 ritory which is excellent for cauliflower. In 1890, 

 the first, second and third prizes offered by James 

 Vick, for the best heads of Vick's Ideal were all 

 awarded to growers in Eau Clare County, Wisconsin. 



