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made its appearance. This I know, from experience, 
to be better than the use of all the insect powders 
combined.* 
To grow cauliflower to perfection, the ground needs 
extra heavy manuring, and the plants must be sup¬ 
plied with an abundance of water as soon as heads 
begin to form. Plants should stand the same distance 
apart as early cabbage. The outside leaves should 
be pinned together over the centre, to shield the head 
from the direct rays of the sun, which often cause it 
to turn green, thus rendering it inferior in quality 
or entirely unfit for use. Early Snowball and Erfurt 
are both good and reliable. Nowhere does success 
depend more on the quality of the seed than in the 
cauliflower. 
SWEET CORN. 
Sweet corn should be planted as soon as the ground 
is reasonably warm, in hills, three feet apart, three 
plants to a hill. The season for sweet corn can be 
greatly prolonged by planting early and late sorts, at 
intervals of a few weeks. There are many good early 
kinds, but I think the best late variety is StowelVs 
Evergreen , which produces ears of the largest size, 
that remain in a condition fit for the table longer 
than those of any other variety of sweet corn. 
* The reason here presented for not growing late cabbage, because the 
worms might damage some of them, is quite original, and about equal 
to not planting any potatoes, because the bugs might eat the tops. 
We can hardly conceive of a garden, however small, without late cabbage. 
For the prevention of the ravages of this pest we would suggest the use of 
alum water, as being sure, easily applied and entirely harmless to the 
user.—E d. 
