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table under Variety Tests), of which Henderson's 

 Snowball and Extra Early Erfurt gave the best 

 results. At the Arkansas station, the following 

 year, out of twelve varieties these two were the only 

 ones that produced heads. At the South Dakota 

 station, Henderson's Snowball and Haskell's Fav- 

 orite, a variety apparently identical with it, gave 

 good results. 



CAULIFLOWER IN THE SOUTH. 



The cauliflower, as a market crop, is tut little 

 grown in the South, but there is no good reason 

 why it should not become extensively cultivated 

 there. The chief hindrances to its cultivation in 

 the South have been the lack of high priced local 

 markets, and the liability of the heads to heat dur- 

 ing transportation to the North. 



The most favorable localities for growing this 

 vegetable in the South are near the Gulf and 

 Atlantic coasts, especially near the mouths of rivers 

 where there is an alluvial soil and a moist atmos- 

 phere. The cauliflower is better adapted than the 

 cabbage to a warm climate, but heavier soil is 

 required for it in the South than at the North. 



W. F. Massey, of the North Carolina experiment 

 station, says that fall sown plants are the only ones 

 worth growing in that latitude. The seed should 

 be sown in September. The crop should head not 

 later than March or April, as the heat is too great 



