CAULIFLOWER 
Culture as for cabbage. Not recommended as a crop for harvest- tilizer treatment. When heads reach the size of a baseball the 
ing in warm weather. Plants should not be permitted to become outer leaves should be drawn and held together to produce a pure 
checked or stunted; these are important causes of poor head white head. Many growers use colored rubber bands for this, a 
formation. For firmer, whiter heads, have soil analyzed for pos- different color for each day, to eliminate time spent inspecting 
sible boron or other deficiencies and apply the recommended fer- each head at harvest. 
Head Size Plant 
Variety Days* (inches) Size Heads Remarks 
Association Improved Holland Erfurt 58 614-7 medium round, deep, well Holds well; high yield No. l’s. 
covered 
Snowball A (Super Snowball) 55 a medium medium-deep Early, uniform maturity. Re- 
quires prompt harvesting. 
SHOW Dale Sy7/ 1% medium good depth and size; Medium early, uniform. 
smooth 
Snowball M 58 TM small large, very firm, and Like “X” but earlier, more 
smooth uniform. 
Snowball X 60 1% large large, smooth, very Standard main crop; widely 
deep and solid adapted. 
Snowball Y 65 1% large large, smooth, heavy Like “X” but later; reliable. 
* From transplanting. 
CELERY 
Celery is one of the heaviest feeders among vegetable crops, plants off to a good start. Adequate moisture and nutrients can 
requiring as much as 2,000 lbs. of 5-10-10 fertilizer per acre, reduce the damage from blight. Extended periods of cool weather 
applied before transplanting, supplemented later by side dressings in the plant bed or during early stages of growth will cause 
of nitrogen. Many growers have found that 300 Ibs. of sodium celery to bolt prematurely, and precautionary measures should 
nitrate per acre, applied 10 days after transplanting, will get be taken. 
; . : aa, Plant Stalk - 
Plant Height Length 
Variety Color Days* (inches) (inches) Remarks 
@omell sol 9 eae Re ey: golden 100 20-24 9 See below. 
EIMCLSOl gee ae green 120 22-26 10 Leaves deeply cut; blight-tolerant. 
Golden Plume (Wonderful) golden 83 18-25 8 A standard golden variety. 
Summer Pascal, Waltham Strain ........ green 120 20-25 8-11 See below. 
Tall Golden Self-Blanching ....... golden 82 22-28 8-9 Blanches readily, for local market. 
Utahwel 6:5 rere. eee ane Pee oLCCT 120 22-26 9-11 Desirable green type. 
Witalnies2 =): Otek eed. oo od, green 125 22-26 9-11 See below. 
Summer Pascal 
CORNELL 619. Recently introduced by 
Cornell University. The plants are tall, 
erect, and compact, with foliage a yellow- 
green. The stalks are long, thick, round, 
and smooth; full-hearted, easily blanched. 
Not recommended for very early crops in 
the North, owing to a tendency to bolt 
when subjected to cool temperatures at 
early stages. Moderately resistant to celery 
blight. 
A heavy New England crop from Asgrow seed. 
UTAH 52-70. A tall strain of Utah, with SUMMER PASCAL, WALTHAM STRAIN. 
thick, smooth stalks having a high gloss An improved strain of the older Summer 
and good heart development. The foliage Pascal and now the most popular green 
is dark green, not deeply cut, and attrac- variety for the East and South. The plants 
tive. The stems are free from cracking, are tall and full-hearted; more upright 
but the plants are subject to bolting when in growth than the original. The stalks are 
grown for early crops. Should be harvested thick, rounded, smooth, and longer than 
promptly at maturity to avoid pithiness the older strain. The color is an attractive 
in the stalks. Utah 52-70 warrants a trial dark green. Adapted to both upland and 
in areas where Utah has been popular. muck soils. 
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