Stokes' Otalog, 1Q 17 Mar^et-Gr^w^s Edition 



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BRUSSELS SPROUTS 



A VEGETABLE IN GREAT DEMAND BY ALL HIGH-CLASS MARKETS 



Up to this time vegetable-growers and home-garden planters do not seem to have recognized the value of Brussels Sprouts. Only a very 

 small proportion of the private gardens have this most delicious of vegetables included, and very few vegetable-growing districts make a 

 specialty of it. A large interest has been taken in it by the cauliflower men on eastern Long Island, where it is intercropped extensively and 

 where it has proven to be a splendid money-maker for all who have taken it up. The plant resembles cabbage, the edible part, however, 

 being in the small leaves or "sprouts" which grow on the stalk at each leaf-joint. The culture of this vegetable is very generally the same as 

 for late cabbage except that the leaves are broken down in the fall to give the little heads more room to grow. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., Vilb. 

 60 cts., lb. $2. 



CAULIFLOWER 



Culture. — Cauliflower is best adapted to growth in a cool, moist climate, as it rebels against heat, dry weather and low humidity. Climatic 

 conditions, however, seem to have very little effect on one of the newer varieties which has been introduced within the last few seasons — Danish 

 Dry Weather — for with this new Cauliflower inland growers have had a marked degree of success. Overhead irrigation has proved to be of 

 value to crops under such circumstances. Cauliflower plants are a little more tender than cabbage, and should not be sown until after March 1 

 in the latitude of New Jersey. One ounce will produce from 2,500 to 3,000 plants. 



Earliest Snowball Cauliflower 



172 Earliest Snowball 



Unquestionably the earliest strain of Cauliflower under cultivation. 

 This variety is well adapted for home gardens or commercial use. The 

 seed of Snowball which is offered is grown in Denmark by a man in 

 whom we have every confidence. The results so far attained from this 

 Cauliflower have been most excellent. The plants of this variety are 

 very compact, with few short, outside leaves, thus allowing more 

 plants to the acre than some varieties. The heads when blanched 

 are pure white and are of the very best market size, being solid in 

 their makeup. Snowball is altogether one of the most attractive 

 Cauliflowers that we know of. It is by all means the earliest-heading 

 variety under cultivation. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. $1.75, Vilb. $6, lb. $20. 



176 Veitch's Autumn Giant * 



The heads are very large, white, firm and compact, and can be 

 well protected by their own foliage. This is a very late-maturing 

 variety and plants should be started and transplanted early in the 

 season. Pkt. 5 cts ., oz. 40 cts., V 4 lb. $1.40, lb. $5. 



174 Danish Dry Weather 



To all who are not situated in cool, moist climates we would 

 advise Danish Dry Weather. It has proved the most adaptable 

 strain for growing under hot and dry conditions. Very often success 

 has been attained with this variety where others proved a total 

 failure. This Cauliflower will mature about one week later than 

 Earliest Snowball. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. $1.75, y 4 lb. $6, lb. $20. 



170 S. S. Alabaster 



Early Dwarf Erfurt 



Where the very early market is no consideration, we would advise 

 everyone to plant this variety of Cauliflower. It will mature into 

 magnificent heads about one week later than Earliest Snowball, and 

 experience has proved that it is one of the surest-heading sorts in the 

 entire list. It is very similar in most respects to Earliest Snowball, 

 being of dwarf growth, and the short outside leaves forming a pure 

 white head when protected. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. $1.75, V 4 lb. $6, lb. $20. 



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