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GROWING CAULIFLOWERS. 



An excellent book on " How to grow cauliflowers " has been written by Mr. 

 A. A. Crozier, Botanist, of Ohio Experiment Station, and Secretary of the 

 Pomological Society ; cloth, pages 230 ; and published by the Register Publish- 

 ing Co., Ann Arbor, Mich., 1891. 



This being an age of specialists, books on special subjects are needed nowa- 

 days, rather than those dealing in generalities. This book, devoted entirely to 

 cauliflower growing, is exactly in the right line and must be invaluable to those 

 who are situated advantageously for the prosecution of this industry. Two or 

 three requisites seem necessary for success with it, and chiefly a rich loamy soil, 

 and convenience for irrigation. Such a soil is found in the eastern part of Long 

 Island, in the county of Suffolk, where nine-tenths of the cauliflowers are grown 

 which come into the New York markets. So well is the soil of this island adaptedfor 

 growing cauliflowers that the revenue thus derived from this county is $200,000 

 per annum. Peter Henderson claims to have made in a prosperous year as 

 much as $1,500 off" of an acre of cauliflowers, and $300 per annum is said to be a 

 very ordinary income. It is claimed by some that there is more money in the grow 

 ing of cauliflowers than in celery, even providing the work can be carried on 

 successfully. 



But it is not in every place or by every man, that such success can be at- 

 tained. One of 'the chief difficulties in growing this vegetable is in securing 

 heads. A New Jersey market gardener says he only got 500 heads from 2,500 

 plants he had set out. He attributed the failure to late planting. But, on the 

 other hand, success does not reward the eff'orts of many who understand the 

 business, and it is for those persons who wish to achieve the best results that 

 such a book as Mr. Crozier's is written. It gives full information about soils, 

 fertilization, planting, cultivation, keeping and marketing. It describes 150 

 varieties ; it points out the enemies and how to destroy them. It gives the 

 history of the vegetable and, in short, is such a complete work on that subject 

 that we can recommend it with pleasure to our readers. 



The Rural Home remarks that beets are very easily grown and may be for- 

 warded a week or two by starting the plants in the hot bed. Quite dry, sandy 

 soil will grow good beets for early use. Sow in rows a foot apart and quite 

 thickly in the rows so as to have some beet greens in June. The early Egyptian 

 is the earliest and is a fine beet for early use. Dewing's Early is better for 

 keeping. The Eclipse is very early and a first-rate beet. 



