' OR THE SOUTHERN STATES. feos 5 
A Few Remarks on Raising Vegetables for Shipping. 
Within. the past few years the raising of early vegetables for shipping West 
has become quite an item in the neighborhood of New Orleans. We have advan- 
tages here, which are not found elsewhere, for that branch of industry. Freights 
have been reduced to all points from here, and special cars, built expressly for 
carrying green vegetables and fruit, have been put on the Railroads. We are ear- 
lier here than at any other point, and with the rich ground we have, and the large 
supply of manure to be had for the hauling only, early vegetables can be raised 
very successfully. 
Almost every kind of vegetables are shipped from here, but Beans, Cucumbers, 
Beets, Tomatoes, Cabbage and Peas form the bulk of shipment. For Beans, the 
Dwarf Wax, Improved Valentine and ‘‘Best of All” are principally planted for ship- 
ping purposes; the latter carry well and find ready sale. The Wax varieties do 
well in a dry season, but in a wet one they are apt to spot, which makes them un- 
fit for shipping. If they have had a good season to grow, so they arrive in good or- 
der at destination, they willsell higher than any other variety. The Crease Back— 
a Pole Bean introduced here by me—is well adapted for shipping. It is very early 
and will follow the Dwarf Beans closely in maturing. Thousands of bushels of 
green pods are shipped from here to the Western markets. They are generally sten- 
ciled ‘‘Mobile Beans,’”’ which name is wrongly applied. Very few of this variety 
are planted at that place. 
In the way of Cucumbers, the Improved White Spine and New Orleans Market 
are the best varieties, as they bear abundantly, keep their color better, and are su- 
perior for shipping to any other. I have been supplying the largest growers in 
that line with seed, the stock of which cannot be surpassed in quality. Of Beets 
only the dark red Blood Turnip or the Egyptian should be planted for shipping pur- 
poses. The Egyptian is a very quick growing variety, and should not be sown 
quite so early as the Blood Turnip, which ought to be sown in September and 
October; for the former variety, January is time enough. 
For Tomatoes, the Extra Early Dwarf comes in bearing first, but should be 
planted only for the first crop, as when large varieties come in the market, the 
former do not sell as well. Great improvements have been made of late years in 
Tomatoes; the varieties raised and introduced by Livingston’s Sons are perfect, 
and hardly any improvement can be made on such varieties as the Paragon, 
Favorite, Acme and Beauty. New Orleans is not a good point to ship Tomatoes 
from as they hardly everarrive at destination in good condition. Along the Jack- 
son R. R., where the land is more sandy, a better article is raised for shipping. 
Lettuce is shipped quite extensively ; the Improved Passion-is used principally for 
that purpose. 
Potatoes and Onions are shipped in large quantities, but the former are very 
uncertain in regard to prices. Late shipped Onions generally pay better than those 
shipped too early. Owing to the unfavorable weather last winter and spring, the 
season has not been good for raisers and shippers of vegetables. The Winter Cab- 
bage which is mostly sold in this market brought good prices; the crop was large, 
one of the best and finest that has ever been raised in this section. The Spring 
crop for shipping did not pay so well, except the shipments made early, mostly 
Brunswick. The Early Summer and Excelsior were later; the whole crop came in 
so late, that shipments had to be stopped, and the remainder of the crop sold here. 
We had rains almost every day during February and March, with cold weather, 
which retarded the growing crops of all kinds. 
