. Landreths' seed catalogue. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Cauliflower. One=haIf Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. This delicious plaut, like Broccoli and French Artichoke, is distinguished from other table vegetables by producing edible iiower heads. By long years of selection and culture of some accidental natural variation of this plant of the Cabbage family discovered in tlie Middle Ages, the flowers of the Cauli- flower have been, to a large extent, rendered abortive, and t
. Landreths' seed catalogue. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Cauliflower. One=haIf Ounce of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. This delicious plaut, like Broccoli and French Artichoke, is distinguished from other table vegetables by producing edible iiower heads. By long years of selection and culture of some accidental natural variation of this plant of the Cabbage family discovered in tlie Middle Ages, the flowers of the Cauli- flower have been, to a large extent, rendered abortive, and the flower stems multiplied, shortened and thickened till they have been bred to form a half- globular compact crown or head which, when cooked, is tender as marrow, and the choicest of all esculent vegetables. Varj-ing with climatic and soil conditions, the Seed is sown at all seasonsâin hotbeds at close of Winter, out of doors when the Apple is in bloom, again when the Oak is in full leaf, again at Midsummer, and again, during Winter, under glass. The j'oung plants are treated the same as Cabbage, and the larger plants require the same rich fer- tilization and cultureâindeed more intense culture, as onlj' those Cauliflowers are good which are grown quickly. We offer only seed of the highest quality. The early varieties are most likely to succeed in the hands of inexperienced growers. Sow the early sorts in seed beds beginning of Autumn, keep them in a " cold frame," protected by sash from severe frost during the Winter, and transplant into deep and very rich ground as soon as frost ceases. Handglasses- or boxes placed over them at night when they are put out are useful. It should be observed, however, that success is verj^ uncertain in drj-^localities. la Pennsylvania the Cauliflower seldom heads well unless under glass or in cold frames. But there is little difficulty in having fine Cauliflowers when planted in frames under glass, at close of Winter, so as to adva
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