170 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



1885 a variety called Wonderful, probably the same, 

 was the latest of 30 sorts, being sown March 30th, 

 set out May 4th, and gathered Oct. 27th. 



VAUGHN'S EARLIEST DWARF ERFURT. In his cata- 

 logue for 1891, Vaughn says that this is the high- 

 est priced and finest strain of the Earliest Dwarf 

 Erfurt, imported from Erfurt Germany. This 

 strain has been imported by him for several years. 

 He remarks that many strains of Dwarf Erfurt are 

 given special names by other seedsmen. 



VEITCH'S AUTUMN GIANT (Autumn Giant, Giant 

 Naples, Frankfort Giant). No other new variety 

 of cauliflower has attracted so much attention as 

 this. It was introduced into England about 1869, 

 since when it has become very popular there for a 

 late crop and for summer. It is rather too late for 

 the ordinary fall crop in this country, though a 

 favorite with some growers on both the Atlantic 

 and Pacific coasts. 



It was described by Vilmorin in 1883, as follows, 

 under the name Giant Naples, but is now sold by 

 him as Autumn Giant: "Plant large and vigorous, 

 stem rather tall, leaves abundant, somewhat undu- 

 lated, of a deep green. The interior leaves turn in 

 well over the head, which is very large, solid, and 

 white. It is a late variety of the same period as 

 Walcheren, but less hardy. At the north it can be 



