. Snowstorm, Super-Strain Cauliflower Produces Fine Uniform Heads Chow FJeur, Coliflor, Sp. Fr. CAULIFLOWER Blumenkohl, Ger. One ounce of seed will produce about 2000 plants. CULTURE —For earliest Cauliflower, raise plants by sowing in hotbed or greenhouse during January or February, and transplant to flats or cold frames, 2 or 3 inches apart each way. Set in open ground as soon in spring as the land can be put in good order. Soil to be a warm, very rich, fibrous loam, well supplied with humus and moisture. Copious water applications during dry weather, especially when the plants are heading,
. Snowstorm, Super-Strain Cauliflower Produces Fine Uniform Heads Chow FJeur, Coliflor, Sp. Fr. CAULIFLOWER Blumenkohl, Ger. One ounce of seed will produce about 2000 plants. CULTURE —For earliest Cauliflower, raise plants by sowing in hotbed or greenhouse during January or February, and transplant to flats or cold frames, 2 or 3 inches apart each way. Set in open ground as soon in spring as the land can be put in good order. Soil to be a warm, very rich, fibrous loam, well supplied with humus and moisture. Copious water applications during dry weather, especially when the plants are heading, and light dressings of nitrate of soda and potash are of much help. Set plants 2 to 2\ feet apart each way. When the heads are formed and hard, they should be blanched by drawing leaves together and tying with raffia or strips of cloth. For late Cauliflower to mature during the pickling season, start plants in open ground like late cabbages, and handle like that crop. 261 Dreer's Earliest Snowstorm, Super-Strain. This has again been brought to the highest pitch of perfection by the careful reselection of plants by our seed growers in Denmark, and our many friends interested in growing this aristocrat of the vegetable world will be gratified by the fine size, quality, and uniformity of the heads produced from this seed. It has now been tried by our customers in many sections; and the report is alike from each. "The best they ever ; It is a dwarf variety, with short outer leaves and can be planted close, 2 feet apart each way. It always makes a fine, large and exceedingly beautiful snowy white head, much earlier than any other variety, and is a sure prizewinner at Fair or Exhibition. Pkt., 25 cts.; \ oz., $; \ oz., $; oz., $ 257 Dreer's Selected Dwarf (Erfurt). Suitable for either forcing or open ground. It produces a solid pure white medium sized head, of excellent quality and is one of the most reliable for the amateur. Pkt., 20 cts.; \ oz., $;
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