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From terminal pods. From lower branches. 
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It appears that the seeds gathered from the lower branches yield- 
ed heavier heads in every case, than those from the terminal pods. 
We believe it has long been the custom with seed growers to reject the 
branches that grow out below the head. This experiment indicates 
that the pods from the lower branches of the main stalk are by no 
means inferior to those from the terminal shoot. 
Green vs. Ripe Seed. 
We grew a small number of plants of the Danish Drumhead cab- 
bage from seeds gathered quite green. The heads grown from the 
green seeds averaged eight inches in diameter, and ninety-seven 
ounces in weight, while the average of four plantings from ripe seed, 
though about the same in diameter, gave a weight of only seventy-five 
ounces. ‘These results accord with those obtained in 1884. 
CAULIFLOWER. 
Seeds of the following list of cauliflowers were planted in boxes. 
in the green houses Mar. 30, and sixteen plants of each, with a few 
exceptions, were transplanted to the garden May 4th. The plants 
of Algiers and Le maitre pied court, were transplanted May 20, and 
those of the Wonderful, May 21. The soil was prepared as noted 
for the beet, and the plants were set in rows three and a half feet 
apart and eighteen inches apart in the rows. 
As with the cabbage, the cabbage fly destroyed many of the plants, 
and though the rows were reset twice, there were still many vacant 
places. 
The data noted are as follows: 


