Maher, John.—"Hints relative to the Culture of the Early Purple Broccoli" (read in 1808).—Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Vol. I, pp. 116-120. An account of the culture and varieties of broccoli, with remarks on its improvement, and on the liability of broccoli and cauliflower to mix with cabbage.
McIntosh, Charles.—"Book of the Garden" (2 volumes, London, 1853). The second volume contains the best account of cauliflower cultivation in England written up to that time.
Rogers, John.—"The Vegetable Cultivator" (London, 1843). Contains a good account of the cauliflower and the methods of growing it in England.
Sturtevant, Dr. E. L.—In his "History of Garden Vegetables," in the American Naturalist, this author gives the history of cauliflower and broccoli, including the earliest recorded evidences of their cultivation, and the names applied to these vegetables in different countries. The broccoli is treated in the volume for 1887, p. 438, and the cauliflower in the same volume, p. 701.
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.
- 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]
- 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]