EDITOR'S PREFACE. 



The widespread need for complete information 

 on the growing and marketing of Cabbages and 

 Cauliflowers, has repeatedly been brought to our 

 notice by numerous inquiries from farmers and 

 gardeners desirous of growing these crops by the 

 acre, for market. To answer these inquiries in 

 detail by letter was impossible, and in order to 

 fully meet the want of adequate information, we 

 offered, in Burpee's Farm Annual for 1887, cash 

 prizes for the two best essays on the subject. These 

 prizes resulted in considerable competition. After 

 thorough and careful readings, the first prize was 

 awarded to Mr. J. Pedersen (Bjergaard), of Den- 

 mark, and the second prize to Mr. G. H. Howard, 

 of Suffolk County, L. I. Both of these essays 

 are published in this book, together with an Ap- 

 pendix upon the cooking of these vegetables, kindly 

 furnished by Mr. S. J. Soyer, chief cook to His 

 Majesty, the King of Denmark. Mr. Soyer's 

 recipes will particularly interest the ladies, and 

 will doubtless tend to increase the popularity in 

 America of these wholesome and palatable vege- 

 tables. 



For the benefit of those of our readers not 

 familiar with the best sorts to grow, we have added 



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