J). M. FERRY <(- CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
One of the most productive and best for 
field culture. Tops medium; roots dark 
Improved Long Orange. 
colored, large, but of medium length, 
tapering abruptly at the point, very 
uniform and handsome; flesh deep 
orange with yellow center, sweet and 
tender. 
Long Orange. — A well known 
standard sort. Roots long, thickest 
near the crown, tapering regularly 
to a point; color deep orange. It 
requires a deep soil, and the plants 
should stand eight inches apart, in 
eighteen inch dri Is for the roots to 
attain their full size. 
Improved Long Orange.—An 
improvement on the preceding, ob¬ 
tained by careful selection for years 
of the best formed and deepest 
colored roots. Roots proportionately 
Large White Vosges. 
shorter than the Long Orange, and smoother, but so 
uniform and true that the bulk of crop will be greater. 
The most desirable sort for farm use on mellow soils. 
Large White Vosges.—Roots very large, similar in 
shape, although more pointed than the Guerande. Skin 
and flesh white, and the latter is of much better quality 
than that of the other white varieties, so that it is often 
used for the table. Easily dug, and a very distinct, 
valuable variety. 
Large White Belgian. — Grows one-third out of the 
ground. Root pure white, green above ground, with 
small top. Flesh rather coarse, but the roots on light, 
rich ground grow to a large size, and are extensively 
grown for stock feeding. 
CHULIFLGMER. 
q Fr., Chou-Jleur. Gcr., Blumcn-Kohl. 
’ The Cauliflower, although one of the most delicious 
i of vegetables, is little known outside of our large cities. 
! It needs, to bring it to perfection, a cool, moist atmos¬ 
phere, and if this condition occurs when the plant is 
about to head, fine, large heads will result, while if the 
air is hot and dry, failure will result in spite of the best 
of seed and cultivation. The seed we offer is the finest 
procurable, and is obtained from the most careful 
growers in Europe. 
Culture. — For the spring and summer crop, sow the 
early varieties about the last of winter, in a hot-bed, 
and transplant into the open air as soon as the ground 
can be worked. For the late, autumn crop, sow the late 
kinds about the middle of spring, and transplant like 
winter cabbages. In dry weather water freely, and as 
they advance in growth, hoe deep, and draw earth to 
the stems. After they begin to head, they should be 
watered every other day, and the leaves gathered and 
pinned together over the heads to protect them from the 
sun and keep them white. On the approach of frost, 
those plants which have not headed may be set out in a 
cellar, where they can be aired in mild weather. In two 
or three weeks the strongest will begin to form flower 
heads, which should be cut for use while the “ curd ” 
is close and compact. It is then tender and delicious, 
but later the head opens, separates into branches, and 
soon becomes coarse, fibrous, strongly flavored and unfit 
for use. 
In Cauliflowers very much depends upon the quality 
of the seed, and we have expended a great deal of time 
and money to satisfy ourselves where we could obtain 
the best, and believe the seed we offer this year to be 
the best in the world. It is the product of very care¬ 
fully selected heads, and grown in the sections where 
the best cauliflowers in the world are produced, and 
consequently is high priced, but we think it really the 
most economical and best to buy, as every plan with 
good culture will produce a good head. 
Ferry’s Early Puritan. — We have given a great deal 
of attention to the matter of securing an extra early, 
sure heading , large, white cauliflower and think we 
have secured in this by far the best forcing and extra 
early variety in cultivation. The plants arc wonderfully 
compact and upright growing. We have not found a 
single plant among all that we have grown which did not 
produce a large, fine head. Compared with the Snow¬ 
ball, Extra Early Erfurt and other sorts, the crop from 
this was mtstly in the market before we commenced to- 
cut heads from the others, and for density, evenness and 
purity of color, the heads were fully equal to the best. 
We cannot recommend this variety too highly for forc¬ 
ing or for early crop in private gardens, and as in most 
cases the earliest plants produce tin finest heads, we 
would recommend it for those who plant but once and 
may not have succeeded with other sorts. 
White Belqian. 
