AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. Ill 



Lancheth First. (Landreth). — Of vigorous, erect habit, but 

 having a short stem. Heads of medium size, very solid, white, and 

 rather remarkable for uniformity. One of the best. 



Livingston's Earliest. (Livingston) —One of the earliest, small 

 but uniform in date of maturity, a valuable consideration in a mar- 

 ket variety. 



Long Island Beauty. (Gregory) — A valuable second early sort. 

 Only two cuttings were necessary and every plant produced a 

 marketable head. 



Prize Earliest. (Maule). — Three weeks later than some of the 

 other varieties. Not satisfactory this season. 



Snowball. {Early Snoivball, Thorburn). — A moderately vigor- 

 ous variety forming small but very solid heads. From this type 

 many valuable strains have been derived. One of the most valu- 

 able of these is the next mentioned. 



Thorburn Gilt Edge. (Thorburn) — This variety is not quite so 

 vigorous as the parent, the leaves are slightly smaller and very 

 dense, while the stem is shorter. Heads small but handsome, and 

 usually one of the most reliable. 



' Vaughan's Danish Snowball. (Vaughan) . — Differs little in habit 

 from Snowball described above. Very early and apparently a sure 

 header. 



London, Italian Taranto, Late Dutch, Algiers, Nonpariel, Stadt- 

 holder and some others while producing very good individual heads, 

 were not reliable, the present season, and notes concerning these 

 are withheld until further trial. 



Summary. 



1. The general treatment of the cauliflower is similar to that 

 required by cabbages. Thorough and frequent cultivation are 

 essential. 



2. Handling plants in pots before setting in the field increased 

 the percentage of marketable heads. 



3. Trimming plants at time of setting is of doubtful value. 



4. Early varieties are, as a rule, more certain to produce a sat- 

 isfactory crop than are the late sorts. 



5. The earliest varieties grown the past season were : Burpee's 

 Best Early, Dwarf Danish, Kronk's Perfection and Livingston's 

 Earliest; closely ^ olio wed by Alabaster, Landreth's First, Long 

 Island Beauty and several strains of Snowball. All of these pro- 

 duced a high percentage of marketable heads. 



