OF ONE ACRE. 
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recently introduced, but bids fair to take a leading 
place as a winter variety; the heads are quite round 
and very solid; they are of medium size and very 
handsome appearance, which make it a good market 
variety, while the quality fully equals its good looks. 
CAULIFLOWER. 
The culture of this vegetable is the same as that 
for cabbage, in most respects, but it is not a certain 
crop in our changeable climate and hot, dry summers. 
It likes plenty of moisture, and if placed in a rather 
wet location or in a bed where it can be frequently 
watered, it will be much more certain to produce 
fine heads. Its superior quality and the high price 
that good heads command make it a most desirable 
crop to grow wherever it will do well. I have 
always found the short-stemmed, extra early varieties 
the best ones to grow, and as in the ordinary season 
but about half of them produce heads under ordi¬ 
nary garden culture, the rest of them maturing 
throughout the summer and fall, it is almost a con¬ 
tinuous crop. The seed should be sown as early as 
possible, in the hotbed, and great care should be 
taken that the plants do not become either stunted 
or drawn, as none but the strong, healthy plants will 
produce good heads. It will greatly improve the 
appearance of the heads if some of the broad outside 
leaves are broken half through the stems and the 
tops bent over the heads while forming. This will 
blanch and keep them of that pure whiteness so attract¬ 
ive in this vegetable as grown by the market garden- 
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