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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners 
CAULIFLOWERS. 
DANIELS’ KING OF CAULIFLOWERS. 
Cultivation. — The Cauliflower is one of the choicest of our vegetables, 
and require* much oare and very liberal treatment. Cauliflowers are very 
liable to bolt if any oheck occur* in their growth, and therefore every 
eare should be taken that they grow on from start to finish without 
a break. It does not much matter whether the soil on which Cauliflowers 
are grown is light or heavy, so long as it is thoroughly trenched, and 
a very liberal quantity of farm-yard manure applied. To get the earliest 
Cauliflowers, the seed should be sown in September in the open, and 
transferred when big enough to oold frame* for the Winter months. 
Early in Maroh select a warm border and plant them out when a very early 
crop will bo secured. 
The earliest Spring sowing should bo made In February in bores on 
a hot bed, and the plants moved to frames and gradually hardened so as to 
be ready to plant out in May. A succession of sowing* should be made in 
Maroh in frames and in the open during April, May, and June, so as to 
secure an unbroken supply. Cauliflower* are most highly prized in Autumn 
when the Summer orop* are over, and it is as well to have more than one 
batch. When planting and also during dry weather, great oare should be 
given to watering. Frequent applications of liquid manure will give size 
to the heads for exhibition purposes. 
Cauliflowers are particularly subjeot to white fly which causes the plant 
to bcoomo blind, and any suspicion of this should be met with a dressing of 
soot upon the leaves in the early morning. The beds should be regularly 
gone over to ensure the heads being cut before they get too old as they 
soon get past their best. For early work, Daniels* King is undoubtedly 
the best, followed by Dwarf Mammoth and Autumn Queen. For general 
orop, Autumn Giant will be found the most useful. 
“I had some splendid results from the seed of the King of the Cauliflowers 
last year.”— Mr. A. LISHMAN, New Shildon. 
“I secured First and Second Prizes for your K’ng of the Cauliflowers and First 
Prize for Distinction Pea at the Crystal Palace.”— Mr. J. DAY, lierkhamsted. 
“Your Snowball Cauliflower was the best I have ever grown."— Mr. C. SEAMAN, 
Sutton Bridge. 
“I am pleased to say I won First Prize with your Snowball Cauliflower,”— 
Mr. J. GRAY, Hakin. 
per os. — s. d. 
V DANIELS’ KINO OF CAULIFLOWERS. The 
earliest variety in cultivation, of very dwarf and compact 
habit, the heads beautifully white and of the finest texture. 
Seed raised in frames in February, and planted out as 
soon as the weather permits, will produce some fine 
heads in June. One of the best to sow for succession 
throughout the Summer . . per pkt. Is. fid. and 2s. fid. — 
DANIELS’ SNOWBALL. An invaluable early variety of dwarf com- 
paot habit, producing fine white heads of excellent quality. 
Ready to out in four months from time of sowing 
per pkt. Is. 6d. and 2s. fid. — 
DANIELS’ DWARF MAMMOTH. A very superior dwarf early 
variety, grows to a larger size than Daniel*’ King, and forms 
a good succession to that variety, heads large, white, and oom- 
paot. Also useful for forcing ... . . per pkt. Is. 2 0 
ECLIPSE. This is an excellent large Autunflh variety, and very 
osefnl for Market purposes. By suocessional sowings it oan be 
" had from August to Christmas ... ... per pkt. 6d. 1 0 
EARLY LONDON WHITE. Useful variety, growing to a large size, 
heads very white and firm ... „ per pkt. 4d. 1 0 
8 ELF -PROTECTING AUTUMN GIANT. A fine late variety oomiDg 
into use direotly after Veitch’s Autumn Giant. The heads 
are well- protected by luxuriant over-lapping foliage. May ho 
had In good oondition up to Christmas ... per pkt. fid. 1 0 
▼HITCH’S AUTUMN GIANT. The most useful of our Autumn 
Cauliflowers and most valuable for general orop. It la very 
distinct in appearance, producing splendid large heads, beauti- 
fully white and firm, and of the finest texture per pkt. 0d. 1 0 
WALCHEREN. Sow under glass in February, to succeed the Spring 
Broccoli, and in beds from May to July for succession 
per pkt. 4d. 1 0 
DV DANIELS’ AUTUMN QUEEN. A grand variety, 
coming in fit for use three weeks earlier than Veitch’s 
Autumn Giant, is very short-legged and compact ,* the 
heads are beautifully white and of the finest quality 
per pkt. lg.£3' o 
VEITCH’S AUTUMN GIANT 
