CAULIFLOWER ON PUGET SOUND. 123 



"I enclose you my circular, with reports from 

 growers and dealers, also quite a few from the 

 experiment stations. I have a large number that 

 I have not printed, as they came too late for this 

 year. The business has grown from a few pounds 

 in 1882 to nearly 300 pounds in 1890. I think in 

 the near future, that Puget Sound will grow all of 

 the cauliflower seed that will be grown in the 

 country. Cabbage seed is also grown to a large 

 extent. I raised about two tons last year, and 

 there probably will be ten tons raised on Puget 

 Sound the coming summer. 



" Cabbage and cauliflower are grown to a consid- 

 erable extent both in Oregon and Washington, 

 though California sends our first to this market. 



" You ask me for an account of my Early Perfec- 

 tion or "No. 9." It was a sport or a "stray seed," 

 found among some Erfurt Earliest Dwarf imported 

 seed, and being the first in the field to form a 

 head by over a week, I naturally saved it for 

 " stock seed," and as it propagated itself perfectly, 

 and was perfection itself, I named it Early Perfec- 

 tion. I am not aware of another by the name of 

 Perfection on the market never saw it in the 

 seedmen's catalogues. Early Padilla and Early 

 Long Island Beauty, by Brill, are the same; they 

 originated with me, are a selection from Erfurt 

 Large, and are early and large. 



