26 
The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
CAULIFLOWERS. 
DANIELS’ KINO OF CAULIFLOWER*. 
“ x did very well hist year with the Cauliflowers and Onions grown from your Seeds." 
— Mr. T. HARPER, Newport. 
The Cauliflower I had £rom you turned out very flne and I was pleased with it.” — 
Mr. E. WOOD, Buckley. 
" I am pleased with all the Seeds I had from you. I took eight First, two Second, 
tour Third, and three Special Frizes at Woodchurch Shown" — Mrs. MARSON, 
Woodchurch. 
" X took several Prizes at our Show with Vegetables grown from your Seeds." — 
Mr. T. KNIGHT, Chorley Wood. 
Cultivation. — The Cauliflower is one of the choicest of our vegetables, 
and requires much care and very liberal treatment. Cauliflowers are very 
liable to bolt if any check occurs in their growth, and therefore every 
care 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 farmyard manure applied. To get the earliest 
Cauliflowers, the seed should be sown in September in the open, and 
transferred when big enough to cold frames for the Winter months, j 
Early in March select a warm border and plant them out when a very early 
crop will be secured. 
The earliest Spring sowing should be made in February in boxes 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 sowings should be made in 
March in frames and in the open during April, May, and June, so as to 
.secure an unbroken supply. Cauliflowers are most highly prized in Autumn 
when the Summer crops are over, and it is as well to have more than one 
ibatch. When planting and also during dry weather, great care should be 
given to watering. Frequent applications of liquid manure will give size 
4o the heads for exhibition purposes. 
Cauliflowers are particularly subject to white fly which causes the plant 
■to become 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 I 
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 j 
the best, followed by Dwarf Mammoth and Autumn Queen, For general 
crop, Autumn Giant will be found the most useful. I 
DT DANIELS’ KING OF CAULIFLOWERS. The' d ' 
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 
through the summer . . per pkt. Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. — 
DANIELS’ SNOWBALL. An invaluable early variety of dwarf com- 
pact habit, producing fine white heads of excellent quality. 
Ready to cut in four months from time of sowing 
per pkt. Is. 6d. and 2s. Cd. — 
DANIELS’ DWARF MAMMOTH. A very superior dwarf early 
variety, grows to a larger size than Daniels’ King, and forms 
a good succession to that variety, heads large, white, and com- 
pact. Also useful for foroing . . . . per pkt. Is. 2 6 
ECLIPSE. This is an excellent large Autumn variety, "and very 
useful for Market purposes. By successional sowings it can bo 
had from August to Christmas . . . . per pkt. 6d. 1 6 
EARLY LONDON WHITE. Useful variety, growing to a large size, 
heads ve ry wh ite and firm . . . . per pkt. 4d. 1 0 
SELF-PROTECTING AUTUMN GIANT. A fine late variety coming 
into use directly after Veitch’s Autumn Giant. The heads 
are well-protected by luxuriant over-lapping foliage. May be 
had in good condition up to Christmas ... per pkt. Gd. 1 6 
VEITCH’S AUTUMN GIANT. The most useful of our Autumn 
Cauliflowers and most valuable for general crop. It is very 
distinct in appearance, producing splendid large heads, beauti- 
fully white and firm, and of the finest texture per pkt. Gd. 1 6 
WALCHEREN. Sow under glass in February, to succeed the Spring 
Broccoli, and in beds from May to July for succession 
i per pkt. 4d. 1 0 
DT" 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. Is. 3 o 
VEITCH’S AUTUMN GIANT. 
