1 9Q COLE 



^ CROPS 



greater care is necessary in choosing only the 

 best for seed. It is subject to the same diseases 

 as other cole crops. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



The cauliflower is more particular than 

 cabbage, both as to climate and cultivation. 

 It won't head up in the heat and must have a 

 cool, moist climate to reach perfection. It 

 also needs a constant water-supply and there- 

 fore demands the best of tillage. It wiU grow 

 only from the best of seed, and as it is easily 

 sunburned, it is grown chiefly for early and late 

 crops. For early crops the seeds are sown in 

 hot-beds or forcing houses, and transplanted as 

 soon as the weather is settled, so that the crop 

 is off in late June or early July. The best 

 varieties for this early cropping are the Snowball 

 and Paris, variations of the Early Dwarf Erfurt. 

 The fall crop is started in seed-beds in the sum- 

 mer and transplanted to the garden. For this 

 crop some of the larger and later growing vari- 

 eties may be planted. 



Cauliflower is grown to best advantage along 

 the northern sea-coast States, Long Island, the 

 shores of the Great Lakes, and in the Puget 

 Sound region, and wherever irrigation is prac- 

 ticed. Where the climate is at all inclined to 



