HOW TO GROW 

 CAULIFLOWERS SUCCESSFULLY. 



BY G. H. HOWARD, 

 Of Suffolk County, Long Island. 



SELECTION OF LAND. 



To grow cauliflower successfully it is necessary 

 to have good loam, or sandy loam with the loam 

 predominating. Take a piece of land that has been 

 in pasture for two years or more. Plow as early 

 as the first of May, and not less than eight inches 

 in depth, turning over as level as possible. The 

 idea of plowing early is to preserve the moisture, 

 also to give plenty of time for w T orking the land 

 into good shape before setting the plants. After 

 the plowing is done, take a wheel harrow and cut 

 it up well, going crosswise first, then afterward 

 making it as fine as possible with any good 

 smoothing harrow. 



MAKING THE SEED-BED AND SOWING THE SEED. 

 Commence on one side, and at the end of the 

 field, and sow two ounces of Erfurt or Snowball, and 

 one and a half ounces Algiers for every acre that is 

 to be put out. These are the only kinds used in 

 the great cauliflower district of Eastern Long 

 Island, where thousands of acres are raised every 



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