FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEED. 



ARTICHOKE. 



Aktichaut (Fr.), Aktischoke (Ger.), Alcachofa (Sp.). 



L<arg:e Oreesi CrSobe. This 

 is a very popular vegetable in the 

 South, and much esteemed hj the 

 native as well as the foreign popula- 

 tion from the South of Europe. It is 

 extensively cultivated 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 four feet apart 

 each way. Every fall the ground 

 should be manured and spaded or 

 plowed between 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 

 to row; cover with about one-half inch 

 of earth. The following fall the 

 plants can be transplanted and culti- 

 vated as recommended above. The 

 seeds I offer are imported by me from 

 Italy, and of superior quality; I can 

 also furnish sprouts or plants in the 

 fall of the year, at $1.50 per 100. 



Green Globe Artichoke. 



for our 



The Early Campania I have dropped from the list; it is not hardy enou^ 

 section. Dies out during Summer when we have hard rains. 



ASPARAGUS. 



AsPERGE (Fr.), Spaegel (Ger.), Espaeagos (Sp.) 



Conover's Co^lossal. 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. 



The ground should be well manured and prepared before either the roots or seeds are 

 planted. For this climate the sowing of seed is preferable. Koots are generally imported from 

 the North, and I have found that the roots raised here, one year old, are as strong as those 

 received from the North, three years old. Plant the seed in early spring. Soak over night in 

 water; plant in rows, or rather hills, one foot apart and two feet between; put from four to five 

 seeds in each hill; when well up thin out to two plants. The following winter, when the stalks 

 are cut off, cover with a heavy coat of well rotted manure and a sprinkling of salt; fishbrine will 

 answer the same purpose. In the spring fork in the manure between the rows, and keep clean 

 of weeds. The same treatment should be repeated every year. The bed should not be cut before 

 being three years estabUshed. Care must be taken not to cut the stalks too soon in the fall of 

 the year — not until we have had a frost. If cut before, it will cause the roots to throw up young 

 shoots, which will weaken them. 



BUSH BEAMS. 



CULTUKE. 



Place in rows eighteen inches apart; drop a bean every two or three inches. Plant from end 

 of February, and for succession, every two or three weeks to May. Bush Beans planted in this 

 latitude during June and July, will not produce much. August and September are good months 

 in which to plant again; they will produce abundantly till killed by the frost. Do not cover the 

 seeds more than two inches. 



POLE BEANS. 



Lima Beans should not be planted before the ground has become warm in spring. Strong 

 poles ought to be set in the ground from four to six feet apart, and the ground drawn around 

 them before the seed is planted. It is always best to plant after a rain and with the eye of the 

 bean down. The other varieties can be planted flat, and not more than three to four feet apart, 

 and hilled after they are up. Do not cover the seeds more than two inches; one inch is enough 

 for the Southern ProUfic and Crease Back, 



