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THE CAULIFLOWER. 



short season, and is not considered as delicate or 

 fine in flavor as the ordinary English varieties. 



AUTUMN GIANT, see Veitch's Autumn Giant. 



BALTIC GIANT. In Burpee's " How to Grow 

 Cabbages and Cauliflowers" (1888), Mr. J. Peder- 

 sen, of Denmark, gives the following account of 

 this variety: " A new variety of large, late cauli- 

 flower, originated in these northern regions, and 

 which I propose to name Baltic Giant, is very 

 hardy, of robust growth, and produces very large 

 and solid dazzling white flower-heads. A friend of 

 mine writes from the Baltic island of Bornholm 

 that in mild seasons he has left this splendid late 

 variety in the open ground as late as Christmas, 

 only protected by a leaf or two bent over the 

 heads." The variety is being tested in this country 

 by W. A. Burpee & Co. 



BEBLIN DWAKF. Rawson says: "In earliness, 

 size and quality it resembles the Snowball." 

 Gregory, in 1890, makes the same statement. 



BEST OF ALL. An early variety mentioned in 

 Gardening Illustrated, 1885, p. 438. 



BLACK SICILY (Large Black, Dwarf Early Violet 

 Broccoli}. Vilmorin says : "In growth and appear- 

 ance this variety somewhat resembles Algiers. 

 Stem rather tall, leaves very large, broad and much 

 crumpled, almost curly; differs from all other cauli- 

 flowers in the color of its head, which is violet, and 



