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BRUSSELS SPROUTS 



A VEGETABLE IN GREAT DEMAND BY ALL HIGH-CLASS MARKETS 



Up to this time vegetable-growers and home-garden planters do not seem to have recognized the value of Brussels Sprouts. Only a 

 very small proportion of the private gardens have this most delicious of vegetables included, and very few vegetable-growing districts 

 make a specialty of it. A large interest has been taken in it by the cauliflower men on eastern Long Island, where it is intercropped exten- 

 sively and where it has proven to be a splendid money-maker for all who have taken it up. The plant resembles cabbage, the edible part, 

 however, being in the small leaves or "sprouts" which grow on the stalk at each leaf-joint. The culture of this vegetable is very generally 

 the same as for late cabbage except that the leaves are broken down in the fall to give the little heads more room to grow. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 20 cts., V4lb. 75 cts., lb. $2.50, postpaid. 



CAULIFLOWER 



Culture. — Cauliflower is best adapted to growth in a cool, moist climate, as it rebels against heat, dry weather and low humidity. Cli- 

 matic conditions, however, seem to have very little effect on one of the newer varieties which has been introduced within the last few seasons — 

 Danish Dry Weather — for with this new Cauliflower inland growers have had a marked degree of success. Overhead irrigation has proved to 

 be of value to crops under such circumstances. Cauliflower plants are a little more tender than cabbage, and should not be sown until after 

 March 1 in the latitude of New Jersey. One ounce will produce from 2,500 to 3,000 plants. 



Earliest Snowball Cauliflower 



172 Earliest Snowball 



A Quick- Maturing Sort 



Unquestionably the earliest strain of Cauliflower under culti- 

 vation. This variety is well adapted for home gardens or com- 

 mercial use. The seed of Snowball which is offered is grown in 

 Denmark by a man in whom we have every confidence. The 

 results so far attained from this Cauliflower have been most excel- 

 lent. The plants of this variety are very compact, with few 

 short, outside leaves, thus allowing more plants to the acre than 

 some varieties. The heads when blanched are pure white and 

 are of the very best market size, being solid in their makeup. 

 Snowball is altogether one of the most attractive Cauliflowers i 

 that we know of. It is by ail means the earliest-heading variety 

 under cultivation and can be grown commercially or privately 

 with equal advantage. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. $4, Vi^b. $12.50, 

 lb. $40, postpaid. 



174 Danish Dry Weather (Giant) 



To all who are not situated in cool, moist climates we would 

 advise Danish Dry Weather. It has proved the most adaptable 

 strain for growing under hot and dry conditions. Very often success 

 has been attained with this variety where others proved a total 

 failure. This Cauliflower will mature about one week later than 

 Earliest Snowball. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. $4, '/41b. $12.50, lb. $40, ppd. 



170 Alabaster 



Early Dwarf Erfurt 



Where the very early market is no consideration, we would advise 

 everyone to plant this variety of Cauliflower. It will mature into 

 magnificent heads about one week later than Earliest Snowball, and 

 experience has proved that it is one of the surfest-heading sorts in the 

 entire list. It is similar in most respects to Earliest Snowball, being 

 of dwarf growth, and the short outside leaves forming a pure white 

 head when protected. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. $4, V4lb. $12.50, lb. $40, ppd. 



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