SUTTON & SONS, Reading, England.--These seedsmen publish a work on Gardening, price five shillings, in which the subject of cauliflower culture in England is fully treated. VILMORIN--ANDRIEUX, ET CIE.--"_Plantes Potagers_" (Paris, 1883). This work by Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., the Paris seedsmen, was translated into English, and published under the title of "The Vegetable Garden," by Murray, of London, in 1885. It contains full descriptions of varieties of cauliflower, based on trials at the experiment grounds of this firm at Paris, and also includes information on the cultivation of this vegetable in France. INDEX. Page. Analysis, 196 Blackleg, =105= Blanching, =39= Broccoli, 10, 11, 13, =189= Buttoning, =57= Cabbage, history, 9 Cabbage, wild, 9 Cabbage maggot, =96= Cabbage worm, =98= Cauliflower in United States, 19, 22, =61= Mexico, 85 Europe, 19 India, 86 Austria, 21 England, 21 France, 20 Germany, 21 Holland, 21 Italy 21 Long Island, =22=, =62= Puget Sound, 91, =115= Alabama, 80 California, 90 Colorado, 77 Florida, 82 Georgia, 79 Illinois, 23, 75 Iowa, 77 Louisiana, 83 Massachusetts, 71 Michigan, 72, 185 Minnesota, 74 Missouri, 76 New Jersey, 69 North Carolina, 78 Ohio, 75 Oregon, 90 South Dakota, 78 Texas, 84 Washington, 91, 115 Wisconsin, 74 Cauliflower industry, 19 Climate, 63, 72, 73, 78, 89, 90, 112, 116 Cooking, =195= Cross-fertilization, 113, 114, 121 Cultivation, =37= Cut worms, =94= Damping off, =104= Duty, see =Tariff= Earliness, order of, 177 Early cauliflower, =53= Failures, 19, 53, 69, 71 Fertilizers, =26=, 65, 68, 79, 85, 87, 116 Flea beetle, 27, 29, =93= Frost, effect of, =41= Fungi, =101= Glossary, 223 Harvesting, =42= History, =9= Importation of cauliflower, 23 Insects, 30, =93=, 87 Irrigation, 20, =38=, 77 Keeping, =48= Large heads, 77, 83, 86, 169, 171 Louse, 29, 100 Marketing, =47=, 55, 79, 81 Mildew, =105= Origin, =9= Packages, =45= Packing, =45= Pickles, 23, 216 Preparing the ground, =35=, 68, 87, 116 Price, =47=, 55, 65, 69, 79 Puget Sound seed, 109, 115, 185 Recapitulation, 221 References, 227 Rot, =101= Scale of maturity, 177 Seed, =107= in Cyprus, 109 Denmark, 110 England, 108, 110 France, 108 Germany, 108 Holland, 108 Scotland, 108 India, 89 Long Island, 110 Massachusetts, 110 Mexico, 86 Puget Sound, 109, 115, 185 Seed, amount needed, 88, 115 Seed, duration of vitality, 115 Seed, sowing, =27=, 33, 82, 87 Selling, see =Marketing= Soil, =25=, 72, 82, 86, 116 Soil, preparation of, =35=, 68, 87, 116 Sowing seed, =27=, 33, 82, 87 Tariff on cauliflower, 23 Terms, 223 Time to cut, 42 Time to sow, =33= Transplanting, =35=, 117 Trimming, =44= Varieties, 14, =125=, =187= Variety tests, =178=
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