FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Green Tall- Growing. 



OKRA. 



Dwarf Green. 



White Velvet. 



This is a highly esteemed vegetable in the South, and no garden, whether small or large, is 

 without it. It is used in making ' 'Gumbo, " a dish the Creoles of Louisiana know how to pre- 

 pare better than any other nationality. It is also boiled in salt and water, and served with 

 vinegar as a salad, and is considered a very wholesome dish. Should not be planted before the 

 ground is warm in spring as the seeds are apt to rot. Sow in drills, which ought to be two to 

 three feet apart, and when up, thin out, and leave one or two plants every twelve or fifteen 

 inches. 



Tall €rrowillg:. This is the variety 

 most cultivated here. The pods are long, 

 round towards the end, and keep tender 

 longer than the square podded kind. 



Dwarf Crreen. This is a very early and 

 prolific variety, and remains tender longer 

 than any other. It has come into general 

 cultivation, planted much more than the tall. 

 It may be said here, that all dwarf varieties, 

 when cultivated here in this locality for some 

 years^ will grow taller every year. 



I>w^ai'f White. Similar to the foregoing 

 kind, except the pods being of a light green 

 color. 



White Velvet. A white variety; dwarf, 

 with round, smooth pods, free from ridges and 

 seams, and not prickly to the touch; very 

 prolific and early. I tried this variety the 

 last four years, and sold a good deal of the 

 seed last year. It has come up to what is 

 claimed for it. I recommend it to all who 

 have not tried it. 



White Velvet. 



Tall Growing Okra. 



ONION 



Ognon (Fr.), ZwiEBEL (Ger.), Cebolla (Sp.). 



Louisiana or Creole. i White Bermuda. 



Red Bermuda. \ White Queen. 



The Onion is one of the most important vegetables, and is grown to a large extent in 

 Louisiana. It is one of the surest crops to be raised, and always sells. Thousands of barrels 

 are shipped in Spring from here to the Western and Northern States. There is one peculiar 

 feature about raising Onions here, and that is, they can only be raised from Southern or so- 

 called Creole seed. No seed from North, West, or any part of Europe, will produce a 

 merchantable Onion in the South. When the crop of Creole seed is a failure, and they are 

 scarce, they will bring a good price, having been sold as high as ten dollars a pound, when at 

 the same time Northern seed could be had for one-fourth of that price. Northern raised seed 

 can be sown to be used green, but as we have Shallots here which grow during the whole 



