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VARIETIES. 
No. of Plants Set. 
No. Heads Mar¬ 
ketable Size 
Aug. 25. 
No. Heads Mar¬ 
ket able Size 
Sept. 20. 
When Pulled. 
No. Marketa b 1 e 
Heads. 
Average Weight of 
Heads. 
Per Cent. of 
Plants Set Pro¬ 
ducing Salable 
Heads. 
Rrill’s Excelsior Flat Dutch. 
40 
4 
19 
Oct. 
18 
34 
8.2 
85 
Burpee’s All-Head Early. 
60 
15 
50 
Oct. 
18 
57 
7.9 
95 
Burpee’s Safe Crop. 
32 
2 
18 
Oct. 
18 
28 
8.6 
87 
Burpee’s World Beater. 
18 
0 
4 
Oct. 
18 
16 
10.3 
88 
Early Flat Dutch. 
30 
4 
18 
Oct. 
18 
26 
8.0 
86 
Fottler’s Brunswick. 
34 
3 
10 
Oct. 
18 
29 
8.2 
85 
Louisville Extra Drumhead. 
50 
5 
30 
Oct. 
18 
45 
8.6 
90 
None Such. ’ . 
30 
4 
18 
Oct. 
18 
25 
7.8 
83 
Premium Flat Dutch. 
40 
4 
15 
Oct. 
18 
36 
8.5 
90 
Perfection Drumhead Savoy.. 
30 
0 
0 
Oct. 
18 
22 
3.2 
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CAULIFLOWER. 
Sow seed at the time given for sowing cabbage seed. The cauli¬ 
flower is somewhat more tender than the cabbage, and the plants 
require more attention in severe weather, in the way of covering 
sash at night, than do cabbage plants. The kind of soil recom¬ 
mended for the cabbage is equally well suited to the cauliflower. 
Seed of the five varieties herein described was sown in forcing-house 
on March 25th, and the plants were transplanted to the garden on 
June 6th. They were cultivated the same as cabbage and were 
irrigated on the same dates. 
Early Snowball. —The first variety to produce marketable heads, 
and one of the best sorts tested; dwarf in habit of growth, with short 
outer leaves; heads large, solid and snowy white; weight of an 
average specimen, 4 lbs., 4 oz. 
Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt. —This was the second variety to 
attain marketable size; the stalks are short, plant a close compact 
grower, heads medium size, close and solid; weight of an average 
specimen, 3 lbs., 3 oz. 
Long Island Beauty. —A medium early variety, maturing five or 
six days later than Early Erfurt; plants are taller than those of the 
varieties above mentioned ; heads large, close, and solid; color not 
so good as in Early Snowball; weight of an average specimen, 
4 lbs. 
World-beater. —This is a medium late variety; stems and leaves 
long, heads of large size though not so solid, or of that snowy white 
color, as Early Snowball; weight of an average specimen, 4 lbs., 6 oz. 
Narrow-leaved Erfurt. —This is a late variety with long narrow 
leaves; plant a taller grower than Early Erfurt; heads resemble 
those of that variety, though not so large; weight of an average 
specimen, 3 lbs. 
