80 DREER’S VEGETABLES UNDER-GLASS. 
of manure, lots of water and plenty of air, and you will have 
no trouble in growing cauliflower.’’ The temperature must 
be kept down, or the head will ‘‘draw’’ into an open and 
undesirable form. 
A temperature ranging from 40° to 65° will answer for 
such crops as cauliflower, radish, &c.; and free ventilation 
is a requisite. 
Beginners and amateurs are surprised to learn that 
cauliflower seed is worth from 4o cents to $5 per ounce, 
depending on the strain; but when the fact becomes known 
that the seed is extremely minute, and that a packet of the 
best sort can be had for 25 cents, the price seems more 
reasonable. The cauliflower seed is so small that a little of 
it goes a long way, if sown with care. 
The cheapest cauliflower is in reality that which experi- 
ence shows to be the best and surest-heading kind, regardless 
of the first cost of the seed. We know of nothing at this 
time superior for forcing purposes to Snow Storm, a variety 
of ivory whiteness and a good header. 
Cauliflower can be started in the fall (September 10 to 
20) and ‘‘wintered over,’’ the same as cabbage, but it is 
better to select some other sort than Snow Storm for the 
purpose, as this one objects to any check or interruption 
in its growth. Snowball may be safely carried through the 
winter in frames, but there seems to be a disposition on the 
part of gardeners toward early spring sowing in frames and 
hot beds, and away from the practice of ‘‘ wintering over’’ 
which was once so generally in vogue. 
Nothing can be more satisfactory than Snow Storm 
cauliflower if given correct treatment from the date of seed 
sowing to the time for heading. It will generously repay 
good management. 
