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Title: The Cauliflower

Author: A. A. Crozier

Release Date: January 21, 2009 [EBook #27862]

Language: English

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THE
CAULIFLOWER

BY

A. A. CROZIER.

THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY,
TIMES BUILDING,
NEW YORK.

Copyright, 1891,
BY A. A. CROZIER.
Ann Arbor, Mich.

[Illustration: EARLY ALABASTER.--(SEE PAGE 127).]

"There has undoubtedly been more money made by the cultivation
of the cauliflower per acre than by any other vegetable yet
discovered."

ISAAC F. TILLINGHAST,
_Pennsylvania._

"There is no vegetable, the cultivation of which is more
generally neglected than that of the cauliflower. This is not
because it is not considered a valuable addition to any garden,
but from a mistaken notion that it is a very difficult
vegetable to raise."

H. M. STRINGFELLOW,
_Texas._

"I incline to think that there is a fortune in store for the
energetic young man who finds a favorable locality for growing
this vegetable near any one of our large cities and who makes a
specialty of the work."

PROF. E. S. GOFF,
_Wisconsin._

CONTENTS.

PAGE.
INTRODUCTION. 5
ORIGIN AND HISTORY. 9
THE CAULIFLOWER INDUSTRY.--In Europe. In the
United States. Importation of Cauliflowers. 19
MANAGEMENT OF THE CROP.--Soil. Fertilizers.
Planting. Cultivating. Harvesting. Keeping. Marketing. 25
THE EARLY CROP.--Caution against Planting it
largely. Special Directions. Buttoning. 53
CAULIFLOWER REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.--Upper
Atlantic Coast. Lake Region. Prairie Region. Caul