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moisture. In home gardens, of course, the plants may be 

 watered. Land for cauliflower should be in a high state of 

 fertility. 



Some of the practices in the growing of canliflower on 

 opposit-e sides of the continent may be compared. In 

 Ehode Island a large grower plants seeds about the 

 middle of Mav. 1 r.unce to 300 feet of drill. I4 inch deep, 

 the plants about 15 to the foot and not thinned; trans- 



plants to field by .July 1 for largest cmp : rows S^'o ^^^^ 

 apart, plants in the row 16 inches : applies 1.500 to 3.000 

 pounds 4—8—1: fertilizer (no manure), all put on with 

 wheelbarrow side-dresser in strip 1.2 inches wide on either 

 side of row : expects 15 per cent good heads when set on 

 time (by July 1~) but far less for later plantings: earlv 

 cauliflower, marketed in July and August, expects smaller 

 percentage perfect heads. In eastern "Washington, a 

 grower sows seed beginning of ]\Iar':li in hotbed for early 



