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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 little known in this country. Things 
