he culture and varieties of broccoli and cauliflower. Fifteen
varieties of broccoli and three of cauliflower are described.
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, (1878, p. 61).--A
good article on the cultivation of cauliflower in England.
LOUDON, J. C.--"Encyclopaedia of Gardening" (5th edition,
London, 1827). This standard work contains a very full account of the
cauliflower and its allies, including quotations from various English
authorities.
MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE, (1839, p. 53).--A good article on the
cultivation of the cauliflower in England.
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.
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=
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