D Landreth Seed Company D. Landreth Seed Company : [catalog] DLandrethSeedCo00LandB Year: 19uu CAULIFLOWER. 19 Cauliflower. Brasnica oleracea bolrylis—Chou Fleur—ColiflOT—'&\.vMtnioi)l—Ulamk()ol One-half Ounce of Seed to loo Yards of Row. This delicious plant, like Broccoli and French Artichoku, is distinpnsliod from other table vegetables by i)roducing edible flower heads. Bv Inim years of sqleetion and cuUure of some accidental natiinil vanalidn ol this plant of the Cabbage family discovered in the Middle Acs, the ilowers of the Caulillowcr have been, lo a large extent, rendered aborti
D Landreth Seed Company D. Landreth Seed Company : [catalog] DLandrethSeedCo00LandB Year: 19uu CAULIFLOWER. 19 Cauliflower. Brasnica oleracea bolrylis—Chou Fleur—ColiflOT—'&\.vMtnioi)l—Ulamk()ol One-half Ounce of Seed to loo Yards of Row. This delicious plant, like Broccoli and French Artichoku, is distinpnsliod from other table vegetables by i)roducing edible flower heads. Bv Inim years of sqleetion and cuUure of some accidental natiinil vanalidn ol this plant of the Cabbage family discovered in the Middle Acs, the ilowers of the Caulillowcr have been, lo a large extent, rendered abortive, aud the flower stems multiplied, sbortenod and thickened till they have been bred to form a Ijalf gloljular eomiiiua crowti or bend which, when cooked, is tender lus niarrovv, and the choicest of all esculent vegetables. Varying with climatic and soil conditions, tlie seed sown at all seasons. In hot-beds at close of Winter, out of doors when tlie Apple is in bloom, again when the Oak is in full leaf, again at Mid- summer and a<;ain during Winter under glass. The young plants are treated the same as Cabbage, and the larger plants require tbe same rich fertilization and culture—indeed more iutense culture, as only those! Caulillowers are good which are grown quicldy. We ofler only seed on the highest quality. The early Tarielies are most likely lo sn'ccecd ni the hands of inexperienced growers. Sow tbe early sorts m .'ced-lieds beginning of Autumn, keep tlieiniu a 'cold Iramc,' protected In-s:i,sb from severe frost during the Winter, and transplant into deep and very rich ground fts soon a5 frost ceases. Handglasses or boxes placed over them at night, when they are put out, areineful. be observed. however, that success is very uncertain in dry localities, In I'ennsvl- vania the Cauliflower seldom' heads well unless under glass, or in cold frames. But there is little dillicnlty in line Caulillower.'; wben planted in frames under glass, at cl
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