76 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



drouth which set in just as the heads began to 

 form, that the last variety was the only one which 

 gave paying heads. For a late crop he generally 

 uses Half-Early Paris, but has had good success 

 with Algiers in a warm season. This variety must 

 be started very early, however, in order to head 

 before winter. 



THE PRAIRIE REGION. 



Prairie soil is usually well adapted to the cauli- 

 flower, and in favorable seasons a good crop is ob- 

 tained, but such seasons are so little to be depended 

 on in this region that cauliflower culture on a large 

 scale is only profitable here under irrigation, or in 

 restricted localities where the soil is naturally 

 moist. 



The gardeners around St. Louis have good suc- 

 cess in growing cauliflower on the bottom land. 

 Professor L. R. Taft says, " During two of the 

 years I lived in Missouri it was very hot and dry 

 and on the heavy clay soil of most of the state 

 cauliflower, as a field crop, was a failure. I had 

 good success, however, by planting one foot apart 

 in cold frames from which lettuce had been taken; 

 they were watered as required and during the hot- 

 test weather were protected to some extent by 

 means of lath screens." 



One disadvantage in this uncertainty of a crop 

 in the West is its effect upon the market. A pro- 



