. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. HiiniiiiiiitiiriiiiiiiiiMiiiuniiiiiiiMiiMiiiiitiiiMiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiiiitiiitiiiniiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ = 70 BUISTS ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL E Choufleijr (Fr.). 'WER. Bli'men-Kohl (Ger.). COLIFLOR (Sp.). E. = MONT BLANC CAULIFLOWER. = = The Cauliflower is considered the most delicate of the entire class = = of vegetables, and is much sought after in e
. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. HiiniiiiiiitiiriiiiiiiiiMiiiuniiiiiiiMiiMiiiiitiiiMiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiiiitiiitiiiniiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ = 70 BUISTS ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL E Choufleijr (Fr.). 'WER. Bli'men-Kohl (Ger.). COLIFLOR (Sp.). E. = MONT BLANC CAULIFLOWER. = = The Cauliflower is considered the most delicate of the entire class = = of vegetables, and is much sought after in every market; its cultiva- = = tion is not generally understood, even by some of our most intelligent 5 = growers. Our Philadelphia markets have always been famous for the E E display of beautiful vegetables, grown by our gardeners, but strange = E to say thev can rarely produce a first-class Cauliflower of their own E E growth, but are obliged to depend on the growers of Long Island for E E their supplies. For an early crop sow in September, and transplant = E in frames hereafter described; for Fall crop sow in a hot-bed early in E = Spring, and transplant into light, rich soil, when the season is | = favorable. = E To grow the Cauliflower to perfection, prepare a bed of light, rich = = soil, two feet deep, and one-third of it to be composed of well-decom- = E posed manure; select an open exposure, sheltered from the north- = E west; the whole to be surrounded with a close frame, and covered = E with glass or shutters ; it should be prepared about the ist of October, = E and allow the beds to settle two weeks before planting ; lift the plants = E carefully from the seed-bed, and plant them into the frame eighteen = E inches apart each way ; give a gentle watering to the soil around the = E plants, press them down firmly, and little or no more water will be E E required until Spring. Between each of these plants, Lettuce can be E E planted, which will head during the Winter, or
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