. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 264 CAULIFLO-n-ER lings pricked out into a ooklframe and grown to good transplanting size, and also well hardened off by expo- sure, by the time that the soil can be brought into good working order in early spring With properly hardened plants late sprm" fro-its are not much to be feared Liberal nj 1 f 1 l
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 264 CAULIFLO-n-ER lings pricked out into a ooklframe and grown to good transplanting size, and also well hardened off by expo- sure, by the time that the soil can be brought into good working order in early spring With properly hardened plants late sprm" fro-its are not much to be feared Liberal nj 1 f 1 lercial fertilizers say up to 1 r 1 efore or after the. 389 Cauliil. plants are set, are often of material help ; and an onnce or two of nitrate of soda scattered around each plant soon after setting seldom fails to show marked or even remarkable results. Salt, lime, kainit. or muri- ate of potash frequently tend to aid the plants in mak- ing increased growth. No application, however, can be more necessary or more useful than that of cultivator and hoe. The soil at all times should be kept loose and The best demand for Cauliflower is usually during the pickling season, in September and October. Plants can be started from seed and transplanted to the field at the same time that we start and set late cabbage plants, or a little later. In a general way, the crop is handled similarly to the early crop. It is not always an easy task, however, to get the plantation started during the hot and dry weather of July. A favorite method of raising late UauMHower is to sow a few seeds right in the hill where the plants are wanted to grow. Put the soil in perfect tilth previously, then mark out rows 3 feet apart, drop the little pinches of srfrt .Thmit 2 or 2% feet apart in these shallow marks, mid liu'litly cuver with the foot, firming well by stepiHii- "ii carh liill. Later on the plants are thinned to oiil- in the hill. The soil must be kept stirred frequently, uiiless-and is a
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