142 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



EARLY DWARF VIENNA. Said by Wolfner and 

 Weisz, of Vienna, to be an old superior sort, still 

 grown for the first and second crop. 



EARLY ERFURT (Erfurt, Large Erfurt, Large 

 Early White Erfurt, Late Erfurt}. This is still a 

 popular variety, but less hardy and less valuable as 

 a late sort than the improved varieties from the 

 south of Europe; and as an early sort it has been 

 displaced by its offspring, the Extra Early Erfurt, 

 and the newer varieties derived from that. The 

 heads of the Early Erfurt are large and fine-grained 

 but more inclined to be open and leafy than those 

 of Early Paris. It is a little earlier than that variety. 

 Vilmorin describes the Early Erfurt as follows: 

 " Very early, distinct, and valuable, but difficult to 

 keep pure. Below medium height; stem rather 

 short; leaves oblong, entire, rounded, and slightly 

 undulated; of a peculiar light grayish green, which, 

 added to their form and their rather erect position, 

 gives to the plant an appearance somewhat resem- 

 bling that of the Sugar Loaf. Head very white, 

 fine grained, rapidly developed, but not inclined to 

 remain long solid." 



The Bon Jardinier mentions the Erfurt, in 1859, 

 among the novelties as the earliest variety then 

 known, being two weeks earlier than Salomon 

 (Early Paris) and very suitable for forcing on 

 account of its straight, upright leaves and earliness. 



