88 THE SEED-GROWER. 
light, sandy soil, but a moist, saline atmosphere ap- 
pears to be necessary for the successful development of 
the flower or head. This statement, however, will bear 
contradiction, when it is considered that cauliflower 
superior to most of what is produced on the Atlantic 
side, is successfully grown in the dry atmosphere of 
California. 
For a seed-crop, being provided with choice stock- 
seed, make sowing, in the northern Atlantic section, in 
July, and in autumn store the partially formed heads 
with their roots entire, over winter in a trench, a vacant 
cold frame, or in a cellar packed closely together with 
soil. In spring, set them out and cultivate, harvest, 
etc., same as for a crop of cabbage. 
On: the Pacific coast, along Puget Sound, there are 
two methods in practice. Some growers sow seed in 
hotbeds early in February; then as soon as plants are 
large enough they are transferred to cold frames, in 
which they are allowed to remain until about May 1st, 
or until plants are large enough and the weather is 
favorable, when they are transplanted to open field, in 
rows 4 feet apart, 3 feet in the row. Other growers 
sow seed in the fall, about September 1st, wintering 
their plants in cold frames; and as soon as weather con- 
ditions will warrant it next spring, say April 1st, plants 
are set out in the open field. By either method, seed 
ripens in October. 
In northern Europe the practice is to sow seed for a 
seed-crop in cold frame early in September. Early in 
the following spring the plants are transferred to hot 
beds for the purpose of starting them into growth. As 
spring advances, they are again transplanted, this time 
to the open field, in rich, loose soil. Seed ripens early 
in fall, when the stalks are cut and hung up in an airy 
