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Gem (this variety is stated to be largly grown in the Southern 

 States for shipments to the northern markets), The Jones. Landretli's 

 Boss, Arkansas Traveller. 



Price of seed — American, lo to 15 cents per ounce. 



PACKING, &C. 



The list here given, though a fairly comprehensive one, does 

 not include the names of all the vegetables that might be grown 

 for export, but if the kinds named, or a few of them at least 

 were grown and shipped, a start would be made and next year 

 a few more varieties might be included. I have been careful 

 to name only such things as can be raised quickly and with- 

 out much trouble, and at the same time such as are pretty 

 certain to meet with a ready sale at remunerative rates if put 

 on the market in good condition. I do not wish to be understood 

 to mean that one grower can successfully cultivate all the kinds 

 named ; soil, climate, water supply and other things will have to 

 be duly considered, and each grower will have to use his own 

 judgment in these matters. One man might try Tomatoes, Gar- 

 den Eggs, Sweet Corn, and Kidney Beans, another might try 

 Melons, Squashes and Cucumbers, &c. ; another Potatoes, Cab- 

 bages, Green Peas, Turnips, Carrots, and Beet-root ; another Salads 

 and so on. What I should like to impress on one and all, how- 

 ever, is, that the time for planting is near at hand and he who 

 would like to try and grow and ship vegetables during the coming 

 winter and spring must be up and doing. The seeds which are 

 named in this list may be obtained from Messrs. Jas. Carter and 

 Co.. 23 J and 2jS, Highholborn, London ; Messrs. Sutton and Sons, 

 Reading, England ; Messrs. Vibnorn-Andricux and Co., 4, Quai de la 

 Megisserie, Paris, France, and the American kinds from Messrs. 

 Peter Henderson and Co.. 35 and 37 Cortland t St., New York ; Messrs. 

 D. Landreth and Sons, 21 and 23 S. Sixth St., Philadelphia ; Messrs. 

 Atlee Burpee and Co.. 475 and 477 N. 5th St.. Philadelphia, Pa. A 

 remittance to cover cost of seeds and postage should accompany 

 orders to ensure prompt attention. 



The only difificulty I apprehend in this matter is in the packing. 

 There is no doubt that vegetables of excellent quality can be 

 grown here, but careful means will have to be devised to get them 

 to the markets in the best possible condition. In the United 

 States there would appear to be a regulation-size box, crate, or 

 hamper for nearly every vegetable product grown there, and a 

 well recognised method of packing each product, and what we 

 need now is more precise information on these points. It might 

 be possible to procure samples of the various packages for the 

 guidance of intending shippers, who could either have similar 

 boxes, etc., made here, or import them as required if found 

 cheaper to do so. These, however, are matters of detail which 

 can be attended to whilst the crops are growing. The first thing 

 to be done, and that soon, is to decide on what is to be grown, 

 and get the seed in the ground. 



