110 VEGETABLE GROWING PROJECTS 



with at least four or five inches of soil. An additional covering 

 of five or six inches of horse manure will give ample protection 

 to the heads in most parts of the North, though more manure 

 should be used in the coldest sections. 



1. What is the best method for you to store your cabbage ? 



2. Do you think it will pay you to store cabbage ? Why ? 



3. Describe the most important methods of storing cabbage. 



4. How may it be buried successfully f W-VG : 280-281 . L : 308-309. 



Project V. Growing Cauliflower 



Caulifiower and broccoli belong to the mustard family. They 

 are close relatives of common cabbage but differ from it very 



Fia. 35. — Good heads of Snowball cauliflower. 



greatly in the structure of the head. In cabbage the head is an 

 enlarged bud composed only of leaves. In cauliflower and broc- 

 coli the head is made up of modified, thickened flower clusters 



