FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 23 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
ARTICHOKE. 
_ ARTICHAUT (Fr.) ARTISCHOKE (G.) 
ALCACHOFA (Sp.) 
Large Green Globe. This 
is a very popular vegetable in 
the South, and much esteemed 
by the native as well as the for- 
eign population from the South 
of Europe. Itis extensively cul- 
tivated 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 WW JE NAT, Oe 
four feet apart each way. Every am |Z Avil ss i iy pie = 
fall the ground should be man- 
ured and spaded or plowed be- 
tween 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 torow; cover 
with about one-half inch of 
earth. The following fall the 
plants can be transplanted and 
cultivated as recommended 
above. ‘The seeds I offer are im- 
_ ported by me from Italy, and of 
superior quality; I can also fur- 
nish sprouts or plants in the 
fall of the year, at $1.50 per 100. 
Early Campania. An 
early variety imported by me 
from Italy and which fruited for 
the first time three years ago. The cut represents as it grows, and has been taken 
from a branch brought to me; it is flatter at the base than the Globe; it is very 
early, but has not proven itself as hardy as the foregoing kind. 
ASPARAGUS. 
ASPERGE (Fr.), SPARGEL (Ger.), ESPARaGos (Sp.) 
Early Campania. 
Purple Vop. 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. 
