CAULIFLOWER 1441 
and place it before the customer in a very desirable manner. The 
great disadvantage is the lessened number in a barrel or box 
and the heavier weight. The medium trim leaves the tops of the 
leaves just flush with the crown. It is particularly adapted for 
short Journeys. There are more heads in each barrel. Short trim 
heads are generally covered with a small piece of paper to protect 
them. They are packed in a much better package than the other 
types, and return a higher price on the market. 
PACKING 
The common practice on Long Island has been to use a second- 
hand barrel, generally the sweet potato and the spinach barrel 
shipped from the South. These are unattractive, often dirty, un- 
sanitary receptacles, and have lost favor on the market. Buffalo 
growers, by using a small, sanitary, attractive crate, have forced 
the Long Island men to adopt the same measures in order to con- 
tinue shipping cauliflower to the same market. The packing of 
cauliflower in barrels consists of laying the heads right side up 
and as snugly as possible in the barrel, making the butts of each 
successive layer rest between the heads of the preceding. Another 
method consists of placing the heads out towards the sides of the 
barrel and inserting other heads in the middle. Generally from 
twenty to twenty-four heads of long-cut flowers fill a barrel. 
The barrel is crowned up eight inches above the top. It is then 
covered with a piece of burlap, often a piece of fertilizer bag- 
ging. Short-cut flowers packed in barrels require from thirty to 
thirty-five heads, and the medium from twenty-five to thirty. 
The barrel that sells the best on the New York market has been 
one containing about twenty-five heads. 
The most satisfactory crate used has been one holding just 
twelve heads. A row through the middle of the crate accommo- 
dates four heads, flowers down, and on each side of this a row of 
flowers heads up. A slat is preferred and one which can be in- 
spected easily by the association. A very desirable box is used by 
the Erie County Growers’ and Shippers’ Association, which con- 
sists of a slat crate with slanting sides holding from nine to twelve 
flowers, according to the size. The crate costs about fourteen 
