
Other leading varieties of Cauliflower, as well as our New Jersey grown plants, are offered on the next page 
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CAULIFLOWER 
To obtain pure white heads, 
tie or bend the leaves over 
to keep out the light. 
CuULTURE.—A gross feeder, and well repays heavy manuring and high culture. It succeeds best on well drained soil. Start plants in frame or 
Seed for early cauliflower may be started in Autumn in a cold frame, or in early Spring ina hotbed. For main crop, 
A packet will produce about 150 plants) an ounce about 3000 plants; 4% pound 
Fight worms with Bug Death, Hellebore or Slug Shot. 
eed bed, and transplant. 
summer and Autumn, the seed should be sown in May or June. 
or an acre. 
Set the plants 2 to 3 feet apart each way. Ready to use in 8 to 120 days. 



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6s Early Snowball Cauliflower 
; Large Solid White Heads. A Sure Cropper 
This standard variety is known everywhere, either in the home garden 
with the market gardeners. Produces large solid white heads when 
conditions are ordinarily favorable in about 90 days. Averages about 
‘inches and often attains a size of 12 inches in diameter. 
‘Being one of the earliest strains of cauliflower it becomes one of the 
nost popular sorts, either for forcing under glass during winter and 
pring, or for planting in the open ground. The plants are of compact 
labit, which enables close planting, producing one-third more heads on 
he same space of ground than can be procured from most other sorts, 
-xcepting Maule’s Prize Earliest. 
A desirable yariety for sowing in the early Spring, as well as for late 
Summer or for Fall use outdoors. 
_ Packet, 20 cents; quarter ounce, 85 cents; ounce, $3.00; 
quarter pound, $8.50; pound, $32.50, postpaid. 

167 Earliest Dwarf Erfurt Cauliflower 
iy A Very Early, Reliable Sort 
‘This is a first-class cauliflower, and next to our Prize 
larliest and Snowball is the best, producing heads in 90 days. 
t would be a leader, except for these two especially fine sorts; 
ertheless, it finds especial favor in many sections. 



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Packet, 15 cents; quarter ounce, 75 cents; ounce, $2.50; 
- quarter pound, $8.00; pound, $30.00, postpaid. 
to make a head. Produces solid pure white heads in 90 days. 
absolutely unsurpassed strain. Excellent home garden or market sort. 

16 Dry Weather Cauliflower 
Reaches Perfection When Ordinary Sorts Fail 
This desirable strain originated in Denmark, but has been 
fully tested in America with the most favorable results. It pro- 
duces a large, solid, pure white head, maturing in about 95 
days, a little later than Maule’s Prize Harliest. It isin all 
respects a first-class cauliflower, but is especially and pecu- 
liarly adapted to dry situations and to resisting the effects of 
droughts. It will also do well in moist or wet seasons, making 
heads equal to any. Excellent home or market sort. 
Packet, 20 cents; quarter ounce, $1.00; ounce, $3.50; 
quarter pound, $10.00; pound, $37.50, postpaid. 

166 Maule’s Always Heads Cauliflower 
The Popular and Perfect Header 
The name well illustrates the strongest characteristic of this cauli- 
flower, that in season andout of season it can always be depended upon 
It is an 
Packet, 20 cents; quarter ounce, 85 cents; ounce, $3.00; 
quarter pound, $8.50; pound, $32.50, postpaid. 
