EICHAKD FROTSCHEK'S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 



SEEDS BYiVIAgL. 



Seeds can be sent by mail to any part of the United States in packages not exceeding four 

 pounds, at eight cts. per pound, or one cent for two ounces, or fraction thereof. On seeds 

 ordered in papers or by the ounce I prepay the postage, except on peas, beans and corn. This 

 refers to large sized papers which are sold at one dollar per dozen, YrTaen ordered by the pound 

 eigflit cents per pound postage has to be added to the price of the seeds; to peas, beans and 

 corn, fifteen cents per quart. 



All packages are put up in the most careful manner, and every precaution taken to insure 

 their reaching their destination in safety. Purchasers living at any place where my seeds are 

 not sold, are requested to write- to me to obtain their supplies. This will be more profitable than 

 to buy from country stores where seeds left on commission, are often kept tUl all power of ger- 

 mination is destroyed. As seed merchants, who give their goods out on commission, rarely col- 

 lect what is not sold, oftener than once every twelve months, and as Lettuce, Spinach, Parsnip, 

 Carrots, and many other seeds will either not sprout at all or grow imperfectly if kept over a 

 summer in the South — to buy and plant such, is but money, time and labor wasted. 



Here in our chmate, where we plant garden vegetables as fi'eely in autumn as in spring, and 

 where often the seeds have to be put in the ground when the weather is very warm, it is an 

 indispensable necessity to have perfectly fresh seeds. 



My arrangements with my growers are made so that I receive the new crop, expressly 

 cleaned for me, as soon as it is matured. The varieties which are not raised in the North, I 

 order from Europe, and have them shipped so as to reach me about the beginning of August, 

 jnst the time they are needed for fall planting. By following this plan I have always a full 

 supply of fresh seeds of undoubted germinating qualities, while dealers, who sell on commission, 

 have only those left from the winter previous. 



On the receipt of one dollar I will mail thirteen, large size papers of seeds, put up the same 

 as seeds sold by the pound. These papers can be selected from this Catalogue, and include four 

 papers of either Beans or Peas, in the thirteen papers. Or, for the same amount, I will mail 

 twenty smaller papers, including four papers of either Peas or Beans, This is done to enable 

 consumers to get reliable seeds in good size papers in jDlaces where my seeds are not sold, THe 

 papers put up by Northern seedsmen are so small that of some varieties they hardly contain 

 enough to do any good. The low prices charged to merchants are made at the expense of 

 consumers. My papers are large and worth the full value of the money paid for them. 



It cannot be too well impressed on the minds of all cultivators of vegetables, that most 

 seeds kept through a summer in this climate loill not grow, and that all who use such seeds will 

 be losers. 



All seeds that leave my establishment are thoroughly tested. 



Having received a great many complaints that letters which were addressed to me and con- 

 tained money, were not answered, I must state that these letters never reached me, and, there- 

 fore, would caution my customers not to send any mone}- in letters without registering same. 

 By sending one dollar, or upwards, the cost, ten cents, can be charged to me. The cheapest 

 and surest way is money order or draft, but where they cannot be had, letters have to be 

 registered, which can be done at any Post Ofiice. 



A Few Remarks on Raismg Vegetables foe 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 and is assuming larger proportions everj' year. We 

 have advantages 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 Kailroads. We are earlier 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 vevy 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 shipping 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 unfit for shipping. The Wardwell's Kidney Wax and dwarf Flageolet 

 have the preference amongst the dwarf sorts. The Flageolet Wax Pole is the best kind and fol- 

 lows the dv\^arf varieties in close succession. If they have had a good season to grow, so they 

 arrive in good order at destination, they will sell higher 'than any other variety. The Crease 

 Back — a green podded 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 stenciled "Mobile Beans," 

 which name is wrongly applied. Very few of this variety are planted at that place. 



