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treated. The roots become swollen and distorted, 

 and the leaves look sickly. Treating the seedbed 

 soil with bisulphide of carbon, before planting, has 

 been recommended. It might also be advisable to 

 treat the seed, before sowing, as follows : Put the 

 seed in a cloth sack and soak for two hours in a 

 solution of one ounce of formalin in about three and 

 one-quarter gallons of water ; dry and sow at once. 

 Or try the onion-smut remedy (lime and sulphur) 

 given in Chapter VII. 



Cauliflower. — This vegetable is grown in prac- 

 tically the same way as cabbage, but I find that it is 

 a much more difficult crop to bring to perfection. 

 It succeeds best in a cool and moist climate, and m 

 a rich, moist soil. Irrigation is a great help. Buy 

 only the best seed; and push growth steadily along 

 by regular cultivation. After the head forms, tie the 



same as late cabbage. When prepared for market, 

 the leaves are usually neatly trimmed off even with 

 top of head, and the heads are packed in baskets, 

 crates, etc. Insects and diseases are the same as 

 those that infest cabbage; which m.ay also be said of 

 the following vegetables : 



IF YOU can't hoe out EVERY 

 WEED, BE HUMBLE AND PULL "EM 



leaves together over it 

 to prevent sunburning. 

 Early Snowball or Early 

 Dwarf Erfurt may be 

 started in hotbeds about 

 Eebruary ist, and trans- 

 planted in the same 

 manner as advised for 

 early cabbage. Algiers 

 and Veitch's Autumn 

 Giant may be started in 

 an outdoor seedbed the 



