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itself during a greater part of the season, but as 

 maturity approached, the variation was less and 

 less marked, until at last the others had caught 

 up, and there was no perceptible difference." No 

 change in time of maturity or habit of growth was 

 noticed. 



Mr. Brill, of Long Island, states that to secure 

 seed there it is best to winter over the partially 

 headed plants in a cold frame or cellar, and set 

 them out early in the spring. The summers are so 

 warm there, however, that except in particularly 

 favorable seasons but little seed forms. Several 

 excellent early varieties have originated on Long 

 Island, and there is reason to believe that hot, 

 changeable climates, though unprofitable for the 

 growing of seed, are particularly favorable for the 

 production and maintenance of early sorts able to 

 head in hot weather. 



It is perhaps for this reason that England, Den- 

 mark, and Central Germany have produced more 

 early varities than Holland, France and Italy. The 

 dry calcareous soil of some parts of England 

 appears to be particularly favorable to the produc- 

 tion of early varieties. 



In the vicinity of Boston, cauliflower seed has 

 been grown to some extent, especially the variety 

 known as Boston Market, which was formerly very 

 popular there. James J. H. Gregory writes me 



