I40 THE HOME GARDEN 



the leaves from a half inch to an inch beyond the 

 face of the head. The white head is left sur- 

 rounded by a fringe of stubby green, which serves 

 to protect the delicate structure in packing and 

 shipping. 



Cauliflower is usually shipped in ventilated 

 barrels or crates. The best heads should be 

 wrapped with white or brown soft paper and in such 

 a manner as to protect them from bruising as much as 

 possible. Cauliflower cannot be stored success- 

 fully for any length of time and the supply depends 

 entirely upon successive crops. 



Cauliflower lends itself to forcing conditions very 

 successfully and is often grown under glass or in 

 hotbeds with considerable profit. It has the dis- 

 advantage of taking up too much space to become a 

 popular plant for this purpose, except where high 

 prices are well assured. 



While the insects and diseases attacking the cauli- 

 flower are the same as those described under the 

 cabbage, they sometimes seem more destructive to 

 the former plant. 



The list of varieties available for planting is not 

 a long one. Dwarf Erfurt and Snowball are the 

 leading varieties for spring planting, while Dry 

 Weather and Autumn Giant are usually preferred 

 for the fall crop. 



CELERY 



Celery is a native of the moist lands along the 

 Mediterranean Sea and has come to be a garden 

 vegetable widely distributed and used. The variety 

 of uses now found for this plant makes it a standard 

 vegetable in the same sense in which potatoes, cab- 



