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EXTRA EARLY PARIS AND HALF-EARLY PARIS, OR NONPAREIL, 



are both good and generally reliable varieties, but 

 of late years have been nearly superseded by the 

 Selected Erfurt and Snowball. 



EARLY SNOWBALL. 



Very early and reliable in heading. Of dwarf 

 habit, with very short outer leaves, allowing it to 

 be planted close together. We can recommend 

 this variety to gardeners as one of the very best 

 early cauliflowers. 



EARLY SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER. 



BURPEE'S BEST EARLY CAULIFLOWER. 



-First introduced by us in 1886, this grand 

 variety is an improved type of the Early Dwarf 

 Erfurt, which has attained its present perfection 

 after sixteen years' intelligent selection by one 

 grower, and is remarkable both for its extra easi- 

 ness and certainty to head — in these two most im- 

 portant features we know no other strain that can 



