LEADERS DURING THREE CENTURIES 
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One-Half Ounce of Seed 
Will Sow 100 Yards of Row 
CAULIFLOWER 
Moisture or High Altitude 
Tends Toward Success 
This delicious plant, like Broccoli, is distinguished from other table vegetables by producing edible 
flower heads. By long years of selection and culture of some unusual natural variations of this plant of 
the Cabbage family, discovered in the Middle Ages, the flowers of the Cauliflower have been to a large 
extent, rendered abortive, and the flower stems multiplied, shortened and thickened till they have been 
bred to form a half-globular compact crown or head which, when cooked, is tender as marrow, and the 
choicest of all esculent vegetables. Varying with climatic and soil conditions, the seed is sown at all seasons 
—in hotbeds at close of Winter, out of doors when the apple is in bloom, again when the oak is in full leaf, 
again in Midsummer, and again, during Winter, under glass. The young plants are treated the same as 
Cabbage and the larger plants require the same rich fertilizer and culture—indeed more intense culture, as 
only those Cauliflowers are good which are grown quickly. 
The earliest varieties are most likely to succeed in the hands of inexperienced growers. Sow the early 
sorts in seed beds at the beginning of Autumn, keep them in a cold frame protected by sash from the severe 
frost of the Winter, and transplant into deep and very rich ground as soon as frost ceases. Hand glasses or 
boxes placed over them at night when they are put out are useful. It should be observed, however, that 
success is very uncertain in dry localities. 
There is little difficulty in having fine Cauliflowers when planted in frames under glass, at close of 
Winter, so as to advance them ahead of the early Summer heat. The late varieties mature in Autumn, and 
are sown at the same time and managed similarly to Cabbage. They do best in localities where the atmos¬ 
phere is damp and saline, as on the coast or in regions of high altitude, as the Catskill Mountains in New 
York State, where they are grown to perfection. We may add that Cauliflower can only be grown on rich, 
well-tilled, well-watered soil, and that it can hardly be overfed. We offer only seed of the highest quality! 
Early Snowball, Select Strain—96 Days 
An extra early sort. Early as any under whatever 
name. Plants short and stocky, erect, pointed leaves 
and producing round heads, pure white; extremely 
early and perfectly solid. Edible heads 90 to 100 
days from planting. Autumn crops are earlier than 
Spring crops. Twenty to twenty four heads will 
fill a barrel. A variety of widest celebrity, by reason 
of its reliable qualities of productiveness, color, 
flavor, and keeping qualities. Leaves long and 
narrow. No strain superior to that which Landreth 
offers. The most popular variety in use. 
Pkt., .20; oz., 1.76; \ lb., 6.00 
