
New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 119 
THE CAULIFLOWER. 
The following named cauliflowers were also grown, the treat- 
ment being the same in all respects as that noted for the cabbage. 
The varieties headed unusually well, with the sole exception of 
the one called “ Early” from the English Specialty and Novelty 
Seed Company, which formed no heads. 
CAULIFLOWER — A TEST oF VARIETIES. 











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Dreer’s Earliest Snowstorm...... Dreerwe lac: 11 | Sept. 24 8 7 8-10 3 1534 
Earliest Dwarf Erfurt............. Var ohematescn 9 | Sept. 6 5 6 9-10 3 934 
Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt......... MA ae a pe a 9 | Sept. 29 4 6 4-10 7 aN 
Gilt-edge Snowball................ PROT niet. os A A eed iO 7 2-10 3 3% 
Henderson’s Harly Snowball...... Len eae es 12 | Sept. 6 8 5 9-10 2 136 
Henderson’s Early Snowball...... LT pe aera: 11 | Sept. 14 8 5 7-10 2 15% 
OTe SLANG) BORULY fires uclesccins 6 « Brag earn. 12 | Aug. 72-10 Di) bose 
ING Wier ly ead ae cele we ais elder ¥ Hf A OHI aire 11 | Aug. 81-10 3 2 




CoRN — SWEET. 
The sweet corns described below were planted May 22 on 
an inverted sod in good condition, in rows 3 feet apart each 
way. 
Ballard’s Early (Livingston). Fit for table August 6; ears 
3 to4 inches long, 8-rowed, white, on a white cob, lacking in 
sweetness; stalks about 33 feet tall, ears 1 or 2 to the stalk, 
borne very low, often starting from the first node. Of little value 
aside from its earliness. 
Creedmore (V. H. Hallock, Son & Thorpe). Fit for table August 
27; ears 6 or 7 inches long, 2 inches in diameter, 10 or more 
rowed, white, on a white cob, produced abundantly, very sweet; 
stalks 6 feet tall, more or less tinged with purple, ears borne 
rather high. A good intermediate variety. 
Extra Early Des Moines (lowa Seed Company). Fit for table 
August 11; ears 5 to 7 inches long, 8 or 10-rowed, produced 
abundantly, white, on a white cob, not very sweet; stalks about 
