SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED 



Nine Cauliflowers. 



Either Moisture, High Latitude or Altitude Assures Success. 



One-half Ounce of Seed to lOo Yards of Row, 



This delicious plant, like JBroccoli and French Artichoke, is distinguished from other table vegetables by producing edible 

 flower heads. By long years of selection and culture of some accidental natural variation of this plant of the Cabbage family, 

 discovered in the Middle Ages, the flowers of the Cauliflower have been, to a large extent, rendered abortive, and the flower 

 stems multiplied, shortened and thickened till they have been bred to form a half-globular compact crown or head which 

 when cooked is tender as marrow, and the choicest of all esculent vegej,ables. Varying with climatic and soil conditions, 

 the seed is sown at all seasons — in hotbeds at close of Winter, out of doors when the Apple is in bloom, again when the Oak 

 is in full leaf, again at Midsummer, and again during Winter under glass. The young plants are treated the same as Cab- 

 bage, and the larger plants require the same rich fertilization and culture — indeed more intense culture, as only those Cauli- 

 flowers are good which are grown quickly. We offer only seed of the highest quality. The early varieties are most likely 

 to succeed in the hands of inexperienced growers. Sow the early sorts in seedbeds beginning of Autumn, keep them in a 

 "cold frame," protected by sash from seA^ere frost during the Winter, and transplsint into deep and very rich ground as soon 

 as frost ceases. Hand glasses or boxes placed over them at night when they are put out are useful. It should be observed, 

 however, that success is very uncertain in dry localities. In Pennsylvania the Cauliflower seldom heads well unle.ss under 

 glass or in cold frames. But there is little difficulty in having fine Cauliflowers when planted in frames under glas.s, at close 

 of Winter, so as to advance them ahead of the early Summer heat. The late varieties mature in Autumn, and are sown 

 at the same time and managed similarly to Cabbage. They do best in localities where the atmosphere is damp and saline, 

 as on the coast or in regions of high altitude. We may add that Cauliflower can only be grown on rich, well-tilled, well- 

 watPred soil, and that it can hardly be overfed. 



SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER, 90 DAYS 



Best Early SnowbaU, 90 days.--^'l^„eM rifanll'sfX o.. 



bearing verv erect, pointed leaves and producing round heads, pure white; extremely early 

 and perfectlv solid. I'kiible heads 90 to 100 days from planting. Autumn crops are 

 earlier than Spring crops. Twentv to twenty-four heads will fill a barrel. A variety of 

 widest celebritv, by reason of its reliable qualities of productiveness, color, flavor and 

 keeping in condition. Early, good size, pure white, medium length of stalk. Leaves long 

 and narrow. The variety of which most seed is sold. No stock of seed under any 

 name or at any price is better than the strain we offer SIO 00 ."SS 00 



Full 

 I'kt. 



40 



Half 

 Pkt. 



2(^ 



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