174 THE CAULIFLOWEE. 



VEITCH'S PEAEL, see Pearl. 



VEITCH'S SELF-PBOTECTING. Said by the Gar- 

 dener's Chronicle, in 1874, to be a new variety, 

 just tested by Mr. Veitch, much later than Autumn 

 Giant, hardy, and very self -protecting. 



TICK'S IDEAL. James Vick says in 18UO: "We 

 introduced the ' Ideal ' to public notice in 1886, 

 and claimed for it superiority to any other 

 variety in the following points : Eeliability of head- 

 ing, size and solidity of heads, earliness, and pro- 

 tective habit of inner leaves." Further tests by 

 himself and others he says substantiate these claims. 

 The plants are said to be very dwarf, with erect 

 outer leaves. At the New York experiment station, 

 in 1889, it was a few days later than the three 

 other varities on trial. At the Ohio station the 

 same year it was considered one of the best strains 

 of Early [Extra Early] Erfurt. 



VIENNA CHILD. Catalogued by Wolfner and 

 Weisz, of Vienna, in 1888, at the highest price, as 

 a fine new market- gar den sort. 



VIENNA EAELY DWAEF, see Early Dwarf Vienna. 



WAITE'S ALMA, see Alma. 



WALCHEEEN. This old German variety is inter- 

 mediate in character between the true cauliflowers 

 and the broccolis, and it has, from the first, been 

 frequently called Walcheren Broccoli. There seems 

 to have originally been two varieties, Early and 



