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{{Plantbox
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| color = IndianRed
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| common_names = Collard, Collard greens
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| lifespan = Annual
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| exposure = Sun
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| water = Regular
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| features = Edible
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| hardiness = n/a
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| name = ''Cauliflower''
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| image = Cauliflower.JPG
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| image_width = 172px
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| image_caption = Cauliflower, cultivar unknown
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = Brassicales
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| familia = Brassicaceae
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| genus = Brassica
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| species = oleracea
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'''Cauliflower''' is a variety (Botrytis Group) of ''[[Brassica oleracea]]'' in the family [[Brassicaceae]] (the same species as [[broccoli]], which it strongly resembles).  It is an [[annual plant]] that reproduces by seeds.  Typically, only the head (the ''white curd'') is eaten while the stalk and surrounding thick, green leaves are discarded.
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Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea, Linn., var. botrytis, DC.). A form of the common cabbage species. producing an edible head of malformed and condensed flowers and flower-stems (the word cauliflower means stem-flower) ; it will hybridize with the cabbage and form some very interesting freaks. See Forcing.
 
Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea, Linn., var. botrytis, DC.). A form of the common cabbage species. producing an edible head of malformed and condensed flowers and flower-stems (the word cauliflower means stem-flower) ; it will hybridize with the cabbage and form some very interesting freaks. See Forcing.
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During late years, the marketing of this crop has been very greatly facilitated and the returns to the growers considerably enhanced by a cooperative method of sale which has taken into consideration a more extended distribution of the crop than formerly. In this the Long Island Cauliflower-Growers' Association and the California Vegetable-Growers' Union have both been very helpful.
 
During late years, the marketing of this crop has been very greatly facilitated and the returns to the growers considerably enhanced by a cooperative method of sale which has taken into consideration a more extended distribution of the crop than formerly. In this the Long Island Cauliflower-Growers' Association and the California Vegetable-Growers' Union have both been very helpful.
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One of the handicaps in the cultivation of cauliflower has been the entire dependence of the American growers on foreign seed, little or no cauliflower seed having been produced in this country and that in the open only in the Puget Sound region. The seed has been expensive and not always to be depended upon. The greatest care should be given to securing a perfectly reliable stock of seed.
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One of the handicaps in the cultivation of cauliflower has been the entire dependence of the American growers on foreign seed, little or no cauliflower seed having been produced in this country and that in the open only in the Puget Sound region. The seed has been expensive and not always to be depended upon. The greatest care should be given to securing a perfectly reliable stock of seed.}}
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Broccoli.
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Broccoli, which is a long-season cauliflower, is in all respects like cauliflower except that its vegetative parts are somewhat coarser, the heads somewhat smaller, and it does not form an edible curd early in its life as does cauliflower.
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Broccoli is cultivated only in climates having a mild winter, when it can be planted the summer before and carried through the winter to form heads early the following spring. It is a popular plant in all parts of France and particularly in England. It is undoubtedly the parent type of the cauliflower, the cultivated varieties of cauliflower being short-season forms.
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For best results, the seed should be sown at the same time as that of autumn cabbage and the plants transplanted to the field about the same time, so that they will make their vegetative growth during the late summer and autumn. Where winters are mild, the plants can be left in the open, but in more rigorous climates at the approach of cold weather, a small number of plants can be lifted with earth adhering to the roots, stored in a suitable root-cellar, and the following spring transferred to the open to form heads. L. C. Cobbett.
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{{Plantbox
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| color = IndianRed
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| common_names = Collard, Collard greens
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| growth_habit = please add
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| high = please add
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| wide = please add
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| lifespan = Annual
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| exposure = Sun
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| water = Regular
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| features = Edible
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| hardiness = n/a
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| usda_zones = please add
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| sunset_zones = please add
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| name = ''Cauliflower''
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| image = Cauliflower.JPG
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| image_width = 172px
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| image_caption = Cauliflower, cultivar unknown
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = Brassicales
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| familia = Brassicaceae
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| genus = Brassica
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| species = oleracea
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'''Cauliflower''' is a variety (Botrytis Group) of ''[[Brassica oleracea]]'' in the family [[Brassicaceae]] (the same species as [[broccoli]], which it strongly resembles).  It is an [[annual plant]] that reproduces by seeds.  Typically, only the head (the ''white curd'') is eaten while the stalk and surrounding thick, green leaves are discarded.
      
==Cultivation==
 
==Cultivation==
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