224 THE CAULIFLOWER. 



BUTTON. To form small heads prematurely, as 

 often occurs when plants are left too long in the 

 seed-bed. 



CURD. The material composing the head of a 

 cauliflower. Sometimes the heads individually are 

 called "curds." 



DRAWN. Having an abnormally long stem, owing 

 to crowding, or too great heat, or too little light in 

 the seed-bed. 



FLOWER OR BLOSSOM. Terms often applied to the 

 head in the cauliflower, either from its resemblance 

 to a flower, or from a mistaken idea that it really is 

 a flower. 



FLOWERET. A term sometimes applied to one of 

 the sprays or sub-divisions of a cauliflower head. 



FROTHY, see Warty. 



GLAUCOUS. Pale bluish-green; sea-green. 



HEAD. The edible part of a cauliflower, consist- 

 ing of a mass of thickened flower- stems at an early 

 stage of growth, before they have separated and 

 elongated preparatory to forming flowers and seeds. 

 Various other terms have been applied to it, such 

 as "flower" or "blossom," "boquet," "heart," 

 and, by the French, " pomme " (apple), but some- 

 times also "tete" (head). 



HEART, see Head. 



LEAFY. Having the head interspersed with 

 rather small leaves. A tendency to this condition 



