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Lakeview Seed Farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
CAULIFLOWER. 
This is one of my 
principal market crops 
I raise an acre or more 
annually. During the 
past two years I have 
tested over twenty va- 
rieties of cauliflowers. 
Many of the varieties 
were almost worth- 
less, and it is useless 
to attempt to grow 
them with any profit. 
Henderson's Early 
Snowball and the 
Dwarf, Small-leaved 
Erfurt have proved the best and most reliable to head. I offer 
only such varieties as I have found reliable. Cauliflowers do the 
best on low, moist land, as thej require plenty of water. Very 
little can be done in heading cauliflowers during the hot weather 
of the summer. They do the best during the cool weather of the 
late autumn. They delight in a rich soil. The cultivation is the 
same as for cabbages. 
p^i. For an early crop the plants must be raised under glass. For 
a late crop sow the seed and transplant the same as winter cab- 
bage. I set the plants from the 25th of June to the lOth of July. 
To protect the young plants in the seed bed from the black fly, 
dust them over lightly, just as they are coming up, with fine, 
air-slacked lime or soot, as recommended for cabbages As soon 
as the heads of cauliflower begin to form, cover them with a 
loose leaf, or tie a few leaves over the head to protect them from 
the sun ; otherwise they will turn a browm color, which spoils 
their appearance. 
Henderson's Early Snowball.— My seed of this variety 
is the true Snowball, and not any of the cheap imitations of this 
celebrated cauliflower. I have grown it for years and have 
always found it the most reliable to head of all the cauliflowers. 
It never fails ; almost every plant will produce a solid head ; 
growth upright and can be set 3x1^ feet. It has the additional 
merit of protecting, by its inner leaves, the head from the sun, 
which few cauliflowers do. Per packet, 30 cents ; oz., $4.00. 
Erfurt, Very Dwarf, Small lieaved.— This is much 
like the above and considered by some seedsmen to be the same 
as the Snowball. Very reliable to head . Would be a valuable 
variety for forcing for the earjy market. Per packet, 25 cents ; 
oz., $3.50. 
Vick's Ideal. — New, later than Snowball. Heads some- 
what larger and very solid : growth upright and can be set same 
as Snowball. Per packet, 40 cents ; oz., |6.00. 
Lienormand's Short Stem.— The best second early va- 
riety. Pla,nts and heads larger than the Snowball, but not so 
solid in warm weather. Per packet, 15 cents ; oz., 75 cents. 
The Alg'iers.— This is the best late cauliflower. Plants 
should be started early, but it is not necessary to sow the seed in 
a hot bed. If the seed is sown in the open ground about the first 
of May, good heads will be obtained by the 1 0th of September, 
It makes a large growth, and should be set 3x3 feet. Per packet, 
15 cents ; oz,, 11.00. 
I sowed garden seed of your raising, three years ago, and I 
had the best garden I have had for the last thirty years. 
MRS, S, B. TAYLOR. Richland Co . Wis. 
The only fault we found with your seeds last year was they 
came up too thick. We did not make allowance for good seed. 
C. E. SHAFFER. Tioga Co. N. Y. 
Your seeds gave perfect satisfaction last year. They were 
the best I ever bought. A. D. BRADISH, Windsor, Vt. 
I gave you a small order last spring, and am glad to say that 
they were put up in first-class order and proved first quality seeds. 
H. A. BARTON, Pittstield, Mass. 
