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AWARDS 



Recommended by the Fruit and Vegetable Committee 

 to Plants grown at Chiswick. 



I.— CAULIFLOWERS, 1894. 



Considerable advance has been made with Cauliflowers of late 

 years, first, by the introduction of the Erfurt varieties, which 

 under the same treatment come into use some four or five weeks 

 earlier than any other variety ; and, secondly, by the introduction 

 of Veitch's Autumn Giant as a late variety, which comes into 

 use several weeks later. Thus, the Cauliflower season is extended, 

 and by judiciously sowing the following varieties a continuous 

 supply from June to December may easily be obtained : — 



Erfurt, syn. Snowball, for the earliest. 



Early London, syn. Walcheren, for mid-season. 



Veitch's Autumn Giant for the latest. 



Cauliflower requires very great care in the saving of the 

 seed, so as to maintain the stock pure. Few vegetables are more 

 given to variation, hence the number of so-called new varieties. 



With a view to their classification, a collection of the different 

 varieties now in cultivation was obtained from the following 

 seedsmen, &c. : — 



Mr. Benary, Erfurt. 

 Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay. 

 Mr. Gilbert, Burghley House, Stamford. 

 Messrs. Harrison & Son, Leicester. 

 ,, Hurst & Sons, Houndsditch. 

 ,, Nutting & Sons, London. 

 „ J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 

 ,, Vilmorin et Cie., Paris. 

 ,, J. Wrench & Sons, London. 

 The arrangement adopted is that of season, as being the 

 most useful, commencing with — 



1. Erfurt. — This was received under the following synonyms : 

 Early Erfurt, Early Short-leaved Erfurt, Dwarf Erfurt, Erfurt 

 Dwarf Small-leaved, Earliest Dwarf Erfurt, Dwarf Erfurt Mam- 

 moth, Snowball, Early Snowball, Early Taranto Midsummer. 



Plant dwarf; leaves small, pale green. Heads of medium 

 size, from six to twelve inches in diameter, frequently larger ; 



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