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XXXV. On the Management of Cauliflower Plants, to 

 secure good Produce during the Winter. In a Letter to 

 William Stephen Poyntz, Esq. jP. H. S. By Mr. 

 George Cockburn, Gardener to Mr. Poyntz. Commu- 

 nicated by Mr. Poyntz. 



Read February 4, 1823. 



Sir, 



I have the honour to send you herewith a head of Cauli- 

 flower, which I shall be happy to have laid before the 

 Horticultural Society, as I believe it has seldom been ex- 

 ceeded in size and beauty at this season of the year; and at 

 the same time, I trouble you with a brief account of my mode 

 of cultivation, which, if you think proper, may accompany it. 



I sow the seeds of the Early Cauliflower in a south border, 

 in the beginning of July, and as soon as the plants come up, 

 I thin them out to twelve or fourteen inches apart, where I 

 suffer them to remain, keeping them clean, and watering 

 them occasionally, till about the middle of November, by 

 which time they all produce heads from ten to thirty inches 

 in circumference. As they are not hardy enough to bear 

 more than three or four degrees of frost, I remove them at 

 that time into a shed which will keep out ten degrees of 

 frost, taking care to retain as much mould about their roots 

 as possible, and to remove all their decayed leaves. In the 

 shed they are planted in mould, keeping a space of about an 

 inch between each head. In this state they are frequently 

 looked over with care, their dead leaves removed, and those 



