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EICHAED FROTSCHEE'S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 



sown. The Half Early Paris is very popular, but the other varieties are just as good. 

 For spring crop the Italian kinds do not answer, but the Early French and German 

 varieties can be sown at the end of December and during January, in a bed pro- 

 tected from frost, and may be transplanted into the open ground during February 

 and as late as March. If we have a favorable season, and not too dry, they will 

 be very fine ; but if the heat sets in soon, the flowers will not attain the same size 

 as those obt-ained from seeds sown in fall, and which head during December and 

 Januar3\ 



Extra Early Paris. The ear- 

 liest variety: heads small, very 

 tender. 



Half Early Paris. The most 

 popular in the New Orleans market. 

 Heads of good size, white and com- 

 pact. 



Early Erfurt. This variety is 

 of more dwarfish growth than the 

 two former. Heads white and of 

 good size. Heads with certainty. 



Ee IVorinaiids is a French vari- 

 ety, and largely cultivated here. 

 It stands more dry weather than 

 the other varieties, and has large 

 and pure white heads. Not so pop- 

 ular as the Half Early Paris in 

 this market, but there is no good 



reason why it should not be. as it is an excellent variety in every respect: stands 

 the heat better than any other. 



Earg'e Algiers. A French variety of the same season a? the Le Normands. 

 but a surer producer. It is one of the best kinds, and has taken the place of other 

 second early varieties since it has been introduced. 



Le Normands short-'-Temmefl Cauliflower. 



Milillowcr. 



