166 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



description to be a selection from the Dwarf 

 Erfurt. 



PEARL (Veitch's Pearl). A good second-early 

 sort sent out about eight years ago; said by some 

 to be too near King in character. It seems to be 

 no longer grown. 



PERFECTION (March's No. 9). Received from H. 

 A. March, of Fidalgo, Washington, and grown at 

 the Oregon experiment station in 1890, it was 

 found to be equally good with Snowball, and simi- 

 lar in growth to Mt. Blanc, but with a little smaller 

 head. 



Mr. March writes me as follows, under date of 

 AprilS, 1891: 



" My Early Perfection, or ' No. 9,' was a sport 

 or, ' 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 as it was perfection itself, I 

 named 'it Early Perfection. I am not aware of 

 another by the name of Perfection in the market." 



PICPUS EARLY HARDY. At the New York experi- 

 ment station in 1885 this proved to be a large, 

 rather early sort. Vilmorin includes it in his latest 

 catalogue, but it is not in the American catalogues. 



PRIZE (Maule's Prize Earliest). An Erfurt va- 

 riety sent out by Wm. H. Maule, of Philadelphia. 



