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room until the seeds are thoroughly matured and dry 
enough for threshing. 
For stock-seed, sowing should be made in north- 
em latitudes in spring or earlier than when partially 
formed heads are wanted, and late in autumn selections 
are made of those plants having short, thick stalks, 
with firm heads of a fine, white color, and particularly 
the earliest formed heads which show no indication of 
shooting to seed. These selected plants are taken up 
and stored over winter in the same way as given on the 
preceding page for partially headed plants. 
Market.—Upwards of 10,000 pounds is considered 
the present annual consumption of cauliflower seed in 
the United States. The best of this seed is imported 
from Denmark; in fact, nearly all used here at present is 
imported from Europe. Danish seed is notably preferred 
throughout Europe. Perhaps the most suitable climate 
in America, approaching nearest to that of Denmark, 
for the growing of cauliflower seed, is that previously 
spoken of in the chapter on cabbage, namely, along 
the Puget Sound, in Washington. Cauliflower seed 
which has given most excellent satisfaction, is now 
grown in that quarter, but the industry there is, as yet, 
practically in its infancy. Considering the soil and 
climatic conditions of this Puget Sound country, it is 
regarded safe to predict that that section will, in time, 
be headquarters for the best cauliflower seed for the 
entire country. 
In Denmark, in a favorable season, a yield of seed is 
about 250 pounds per acre, at prices to the grower of 
$2.50 to $5.00 per pound, according to variety. 
CELERY. 
For raising celery seed, the course to be pursued is 
