. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . When the heads begin to form, the outside leaves may be broughttogether and tied above the head, excluding the direct sunshine and keeping the head white andtender. Fig. 301 shows agood head. No vegetable will respondmore quickly to good cultureand well-manured soil thanthe cauliflower, and none willprove such an utter failurewhen neglected. It is im-perative that care be taken to301. Cauliflower head with leaves trimmed destroy all the cabbage wormsoff- befo
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . When the heads begin to form, the outside leaves may be broughttogether and tied above the head, excluding the direct sunshine and keeping the head white andtender. Fig. 301 shows agood head. No vegetable will respondmore quickly to good cultureand well-manured soil thanthe cauliflower, and none willprove such an utter failurewhen neglected. It is im-perative that care be taken to301. Cauliflower head with leaves trimmed destroy all the cabbage wormsoff- before the leaves are tied in, as after that it will be impossible to see or reach them. From 1000 to1500 plants may be grown from 1 ounce of seed. Good cauliflower seedis very expensive. For winter crop, seeds may be started in June or July, as for latecabbage. Erfurt, Snowball, and Paris are popular early varieties. Nonpareiland Algiers are good late kinds. Celeriac. — A form of the celery plant in ^C/7which the tuberous root is the edible part(Fig. 302). The tuber has the celery flavorin a pronounced degree, and is used forflavor
Size: 1217px × 2052px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectgardening, bookyear19
