fOR 'tHfi SOUTHERN Sf ATE9. 



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New Orleans Improved 

 L<ai'g:e Passion. This is a 

 large Cabbage Lettuce intro- 

 duced by me from California ; 

 it attains a large size, grows 

 slowly, but heads very hard. 

 It does better here during late 

 autumn and winter than in 

 summer, as it cannot stand 

 the heat. If sown late in the 

 fall and transplanted during 

 winter, it grows to very large 

 heads, hard and firm. It is 

 the kind shipped from here 

 iu the spring, and cannot be 

 surpassed for tliat ]>urpose. 



MELON. 



MUSK OE CANTELOUPE. 



Eo/rhj White Japan. 

 Persian or Ca^.saha. 

 New Orleans Market. 



Osage. 



Netted Nutmeg. 



Netted Citron. 



Pine Apple. 



Melons require a rich sandy loam. If the ground is not rich enough, a couple 

 of shovels full of rotted manure should be mixed into each hill, which ought to be 

 from five to six feet apart ; drop ten or twelve seeds, and when the plants have two 

 or three rough leaves, thin out to three or four plants. Canteloupes are cultivated 

 very extensively in the neighborhood of New Orleans ; the quality is very fine and 

 far superior to those raised in the North. Some gardeners plant during February 



Note.— The above cut represents the New Orleans Melon; it has been taken from a common speci- 

 men grown by one of my customers, who raises the seed of this vai'iety for me. 



