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it. Certainly, a plant that lasts a generation is worthy of the bestowal of some time, 
patience and money to realize what a treasure they can secure for themselves. I 
confidently believe that in years from this date the Alfalfa will be generally culti- 
vated throughout the entire South. 
I am, respectfully yours, 
E. M. HUDSON, 
Counsellor at Lav, 
20 Carondelet Street, New Orleans. 
SPOS > 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. 
This tuber is well known, and has been described by mein my former Almanacs. 
It is used for the table, also for stock feed. 
planted and cultivated like potatoes. 
It does best in a rich loam; should be 
They yield very heavy. 
Price, per bushel, $2.50—per gall., 35 cents. 
DESCRIPTIVE ist 
SOME VARIETIES OF THE SORGHUM FAMILY. 
As a forage plant for early cutting, to 
be fed to stock, I do not think that any- 
thing is equal to the Amber Sorghum, 
such as I have been selling for years, 
imported from Kansas. 
cuttings, the branching 
Sorghum, also called Millo Maize, may 
be preferable, but more so for seed 
After several 
varieties of 
than .forage.—The Teosinte will give 
more fodder than any of the Sorghums. 
Some varieties not before described and 
rather new here are the following: 
Yellow Millow Maize, orYellow Branch- 
ing Dhouro, grows same as the White 
KAPFFIR 
This grain was distributed in small 
quantities from the Georgia State De- | 
partment of Agriculture in 1878, and in | 
the hands of Dr. J. H. Watkins, of Pal- 
metto, Campbell County, Ga., it has 
been preserved and fully developed, 
! 
Branching kind. The only difference 
exists in the size cf the seed, which is 
twice the size of the white variety.—It 
is said to be somewhat earlier, seeds 
planted in April will ripen seed in 
July.--On account ofits branching habit 
this. grain should be planted in four 
or five foot rows, and two to three feet 
in the drill, according to the strength 
of the land, two plants in a hill. The 
cultivation is like corn. 
Price, 15c. per |b; postage extra, 8c. 
per lb. by mail—10 lbs. $1.00 by Express 
or Steamer. 
CORN. 
and was first brought to public notice 
through him in 1885. The seed offered 
for sale is from his own growing, the 
genuine and pure stock ; crop of 1888. 
It is a variety of Sorghum, non Sac- 
charine, and distinetly differing in habit 
