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Cauliflower Seed. 



£35,500, whilst the re-exports of foreign plants amounted to 

 £10,805. 



In the "Danish Export Review" for October, 1898, an 



and, on account of its large yield of seed and its high price, 

 it has during recent years earned much importance as an 

 article of export. The article goes on to say that the soil 

 and climate appear to be peculiarly adapted for this kind of 

 seed, and the species cultivated is what was originally 

 called " Erfurt dwarf cauliflower/' now known as the 

 <; Copenhagen Cauliflower," or, as the Americans call it, 

 " Snowball Cauliflower." This species has been grown for 

 the last 30 or 40 years, and at first the seed was principally 

 sent to France and Germany, but it is now sent to Russia, 

 Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, North and South America, 

 and Australia. The largest seed grower has about eleven 

 acres under cultivation. Sheds are lined with machinery for 

 drying and threshing the seed stalks, after which the 

 seed is cleansed and sorted by other machines, and finally, 

 by means of careful attention to sorting, seeds of a uniform 

 colour are produced. 



[Foreign Office Report, Annual Series, No. 2,301. Price 2^.] 



The Board have received through the Colonial Office a 



Insect Pests in 1 898, to prevent the introduction into 

 West Australia. Western Australia of diseases affecting 



their eradication, and to prevent their spread. This Act em- 

 powers the Governor to prohibit, by proclamation, the 

 introduction of any plant, fruit, fungus, parasite, or insect, 

 which is likely to introduce diseases of vegetation into the 

 country, and, generally, to take any measure necessary for 

 the protection of orchards from disease. 



Cauliflower 

 Seed. 



article appeared on the cultivation of 

 cauliflowers for seed. This vegetable is 

 grown in the environs of Copenhagen, 



copy of an Act, dated 28th October, 



orchards and gardens, to provide for 



