CAULIFLOWER 
A. E. Wirxinson 
Extension Instruction, Department of Vegetable Gardening, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Cauliflower probably was first grown in New York State in the 
home vegetable garden, and to a limited extent by market garden- 
ers. About 1874 it was tried out at Peconic, Long Island, and 
a half acre there brought in about five hundred dollars. The 
following year many of the neighboring farmers tried out 
(a) —_ (b) 
Fic, 444.—(a) A CAULIFLOWER Heap as It Is Lixety To DEVELOP WHEN 
THE WEATHER Is Too Hot anp Dry. (b) A TyprcaL Heap or Earby 
CAULIFLOWER AS GROWN IN A FAVORABLE SEASON IN THE CorN BELT 
this crop, one who tried four acres realizing net two thousand dol- 
lars. The growing of the crop soon spread to other points, par- 
ticularly toward Riverhead and out towards Orient. The total 
acreage in the state is 1,720 acres, of which 1,498 acres are 
grown on Long Island, the next point of importance being Erie 
County. There is a vast difference between the growing of cauli- 
flower in these two localities. 
CLIMATE 
Cauliflower requires for its best development a moist, cool 
climate, especially if tempered with the air from neighboring 
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