The requirements of this vegetable as to soil are practically the same as those for the cabbage, except, that as the cauliflower will stand less Drouth, it should generally have a heavier and richer soil, and rather more room.
"The Cauliflower"
A. A. Crozier
Its excellence was attributed mainly to the deep new fertile soil, which never suffered from Drouth under proper cultivation, and to the moist climate, due to the surrounding forests and the proximity to Lake Michigan.
"The Cauliflower"
A. A. Crozier
For the early crop he one year planted Henderson's Snowball, extra selected Early Erfurt, and Vick's Ideal, and found, owing to a Drouth which set in just as the heads began to form, that the last variety was the only one which gave paying heads.
"The Cauliflower"
A. A. Crozier