FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. DAN 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEED, 
ARTICHOKE. 
ARTICHAUT (Fr.), ARTISCHOKE (Ger.), ALCACHOFA (SP. ). 
Large Green Globe. This 
is a very popular vegetable in the 
South, and much esteemed by the 
native as well as the foreign popula- 
tion from the South of Europe. It is 
extensively cultivated for the New 
Orleans market. It is best propagated 
from suckers which come up around 
the large plants. Take them off 
during the fall and early winter 
months; plant them four feet apart 
each way. Every fall the ground 
should be manured and spaded or 
plowed between them; at the same 
time the suckers should be taken off. 
If planted by seed, sow them in drills 
during winter or early spring, three 
inches apart and one foot from row 
Dm aii 
to row; cover with about one half inch ce, ys MW 
of earth, The following fall the p.\ Ad! ( 
plants can be transplanted and culti- a) (i) Te H 
vated as recommended above. The AW ee ul REM iy 
seeds I offer are imported by me from 
Italy, and of superior quality; I can 
also furnish sprouts or plants in the 
fall of the year, at $1.50 per 100. Green Globe Artichoke. 
The Early Campania [| have dropped from the list; it is not hardy enough for our 
section. Dies out during summer when we have hard rains. 
ASPARACUS. 
ASPERGE (Fr.), SpARGEL (Ger.), Esparacos (Sp.). 
Conover’s Colossal. The Asparagus is not extensively cultivated in the South; not 
that it is not liked well enough, but from the fact that it does not succeed as well as in more 
Northern latitudes. It seems that it is short-lived, the roots giving out soon or throwing up 
very small shoots. 
The ground should be well manured and prepared before either the roots or seeds are 
planted. For this climate the sowing of seed is preferable. Roots are generally imported from 
the North, and I have found that the roots raised here, one year old, are as strong as those 
received from the North, three years old. Plant the seed in early spring. Soak over night in 
water; plant in rows, or rather hills, one foot apart and two feet between; put from four to five 
seeds in each hill; when well up thin out to two plants. The following winter, when the stalks 
are cut off, cover with a heavy coat of well rotted manure and a sprinkling of salt; fishbrine will 
answer the same purpose. In the spring fork in the manure between the rows, and keep clean 
of weeds. The same treatment should be repeated every year. The bed should not be cut before 
being three years established. Care must be taken not to cut the stalks too soon in the fall of 
the year—not until we have had a frost. If cut betore, it will cause the roots to throw up young 
shoots, which will weaken them. Roots, 75c. per 100; $6.00 per 1000. 
BUSH BEANS. 
CULTURE. 
Place in rows eighteen inches apart; drop a bean every two or three inches. Plant from end 
of February, and for succession, every two or three weeks to May. Bush Beans planted in this 
latitude during June and July, will not produce much. Angust and September are good months 
in which to plant again; they will produce abundantly till killed by the frost. Do not cover the 
seeds more than two inches. 
‘POLE BEANS. 
Lima Beans should not be planted before the ground has become warm in spring. Strong 
poles ought to be set in the ground from four to six feet apart, and the ground drawn around 
them before the seed is planted. It is always best to plant after a rain and with the eye of the 
bean down. The other yarieties can be planted flat, and not more than three to four feet apart, 
and hilled after they are up. Do not cover the seeds more than two inches; one inch is enough 
for the Southern Prolific and Crease Back. 
