CAULIFLOWER 

 A. E. Wilkinson 



Extension Instruction, Department of Vegetable Gardening, Cornell University, 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



Cauliflower probably was first grown in Xew York State in the 

 home vegetable garden, and to a limited extent by market garden- 

 ers. About 1874 it was tried out at Peconic, Long Island, and 

 a half acre there brought in about five hundred dollars. The 

 following year many of the neighboring farmers tried out 



Fig. 444. — (a) A Cauliflower Head as It Is Likely to Develop When 

 the Weather Is Too Hot and Dry. (b) A Typical Head of Early 

 Cauliflower as Grown in a Favorable Season in the Corn Belt 



this crop, one who tried four acres realizing net two thousand dol- 

 lars. The growing of the crop soon spread to other points, par- 

 ticularly toward Riverhead and out towards Orient. The total 

 acreage in the state is 1,720 acres, of which 1,498 acres are 

 grown on Long Island, the next point of importance being Erie 

 County, 

 flower in these two localities. 



There is a vast difference between the growing of cauli- 



CLIMATE 



Cauliflower requires for its best development a moist, cool 

 climate, especially if tempered with the air from neighboring 



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