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then gathered during May. It may also be sown 

 in March and gathered in July." 



Victor Paquet, in his work on Vegetables (Plantes 

 Potagers), published at Paris in 1846, gives a 

 full account of cauliflower culture and says: "We 

 cultivate two distinct varieties, tendre and demi-dur. 

 The sub-varieties gros and petit Salomon are sorts 

 of the tendre." 



Richard Frotzer, of New Orleans, catalogues the 

 Extra Early and the Half Early, but not the Early 

 Paris. 



Mr. Gregory, of Massachusetts, states that most 

 of the seed sold in the United States as Early Paris, 

 is really the Half Early. In a recent letter he says : 

 " The Early or Half Early Paris is now about dead, 

 the various strains of Extra Early Erfurt, such as 

 Snowball, Sea Foam, etc., having taken its place. n 

 There is no doubt, however, of the Early and 

 Half Early Paris being two varieties. The former^ 

 which has so long been a favorite in the Northern 

 States may still be relied upon, though in many 

 cases, as stated, it is being displaced by the Extra 

 Early Paris, and particularly by the Extra Early 

 Erfurt and varieties derived from it. 



EARLY PICPUS. Catalogued by Vilmorin in 1889 

 as a new early variety with large white heads, good 

 for field culture. 



