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moisture. In home gardens, of course, the plants may be 

 watered. Land for cauliflower should be in a high state of 

 fertility. 



Some of the practices in the growing of cauliflower on 

 opposite sides of the continent may be compared. In 

 Ehode Island a large grower plants seeds about the 

 n^iddle of May, 1 ounce to 300 feet of drill, i^ inch deep, 

 the plants about 15 to the foot and not thinned; trans- 



si. Head of cauliflower, trimmed for the market. See also Fig. 234. 



plants to field by July 1 for largest crop; rows 3% feet 

 apart, plants in the row 16 inches; applies 1,500 to 3,000 

 pounds 4^8—4 fertilizer (no manure), all put on with 

 wheelbarrow side-dresser in strip 12 inches wide on either 

 side of row; expects 75 per cent good heads when set on 

 time (by July 1) but far less for later plantings; early 

 cauliflower, marketed in July and August, expects smaller 

 percentage perfect heads. In eastern Washington, a 

 grower sows seed beginning of March in hotbed for early 



