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GARDEN YARD ^"^^ 



be sunny it is well to tie leaves over the young 

 heads to blanch them, otherwise they will 

 brown in the strong light and bring a lower 

 market price. It is necessary, too, to save all 

 the moisture there is in the soil by the most 

 careful tillage. Tillage should be shallow but 

 frequent all through the growing period. " But- 

 toning" or the throwing up of irregular growths 

 which spoil the evenness of the head, comes from 

 poor seed, or dry soil, or too great heat; and 

 also from allowing the plants to be checked in 

 their growth and then started again by renewed 

 cultivation. The crop requires steady and per- 

 sistent care, rather than occasional energetic care, 

 and will repay you for all your effort. 



The best cauliflower seed — and that is the 

 only sort worth using — is expensive, often 

 running as high as $3 to $5 an ounce, and you 

 may be tempted to choose the cheaper sorts* 

 But the best seed is of vital importance in 

 growing cauliflower, the cheaper kind being 

 given to "buttoning," which lessens the price 

 you can get in the market. The best seed in 

 the market has so far come from Denmark, but 

 the Puget Sound growers are beginning to rival 

 the Danes. There is a family of long-season, 

 late-growing cauliflowers, called broccoli, but 

 they are Uttle known in this country. Things 



