Part 12 (1/2)
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Seeds
No. of
No. of
Fit for VARIETY.
from.
plants.
heads.
table use.
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Dreer.
11
8
Sept. 24 Earliest Dwarf Erfurt
Vaughn.
9
5
” 6 Extra E. Dwarf Erfurt
Tillinghast.
9
4
” 29 Gilt-edge s...o...b..ll
Thorburn.
12
10
Aug. 25 Henderson's E. s...o...b..l
Henderson.
12
8
Sept. 6 Long Island Beauty
Tillinghast.
11
8
” 14 Long Island Beauty
Bragg.
12
11
Aug. 25 New Early Padilla
Tillinghast.
11
8
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At the same station, in 1889, the following varieties were tested. The seed was sown in frames April 23, and the plants set out June 22. The Early Erfurt and Early s...o...b..ll were from seed grown by H. A. March, of Fidalgo, Was.h.i.+ngton.
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Number
Fit for
Number
Seed
of
table
of
Average VARIETY.
from
Plants
use
heads
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Inches Early Puritan
Ferry.
20
Aug. 21
13
5- Early Erfurt
March.
20
” 22
19
8- s...o...b..ll.
March.
20
” 24
20
7- Vick's Ideal
Vick.
20
” 30
20
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The season of 1889 was uncommonly favorable for the cauliflower, and it will be seen from the above table that these varieties headed with greater uniformity and from two to four weeks earlier than the same or similar varieties the preceding year.
COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION (_Fort Collins_).--The following report, slightly condensed, from the report of the Colorado experiment station for 1888, will be useful for comparison: ”Seed of sixteen varieties of cauliflower was sown April 12 in hot-bed and transplanted to the open ground May 7. They were irrigated at planting time, and on May 14 and 28, June 11, July 5 and 20, August 3 and 15 and on September 5. The area in crop was one-third of an acre and the stand nearly perfect. The plants were hoed twice and cultivated six times. The soil, a clay loam, was lacking in fertility for the best culture of the cabbage and the cauliflower. Of the varieties grown, Henderson's s...o...b..ll was the best, with the latter's Erfurt a good second. These two types, when well selected, are the only ones that can be relied upon to give profitable results in Colorado.”
It will be noticed in the table that Early Paris and Early London, two varieties which have long been popular at the East, entirely failed to head.
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Seed from
Mature
REMARKS.
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Henderson.
July 20.
Heads compact, very white, leaves
smaller, very uniform.
Extra E. Erfurt.
Henderson.
Aug. 6.
Heads fairly solid and white,
leaves large.
Extra Early Paris.
Landreth.
Aug. 24.
Heads solid and white, leaves
very large.
Early Paris.
Ferry.
No heads formed.
Early s...o...b..ll.
Landreth.
Aug. 6.
Heads compact, very white, plant
dwarf, small leaves.
Gerry Island.
Gregory.
No heads formed.
Select Dwarf Erfurt
Landreth.
July 24.
Heads large and compact, very
white and uniform.
Burpee's Earliest.
Burpee.
July 30.
Heads compact and white, leaves
large.
Lenormand.
Landreth.
Sept. 20.
Heads solid and white, plant