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plants ripen from 8 to 10 fruits, making this 

 "variety both productive and profitable. A 

 decided acquisition. 



GoldeBS I>awBa ]TIan§:«. This sweet 

 pepper attracted much attention for the last 

 few years, and was admired by all who saw 

 it. I believe it to be all the originator claims 

 for it. In shape and size it resembles the 

 iJell. Color, a bright icaxy golden yellow ; very 

 "brilliant and handsome. Single plants ripen 

 from twelve to twenty-four fruits, making 

 them productive and profitable. They are 



Red Cluster Pepper. 



entirely exempt from any fiery taste or flavor, 

 and can be eaten as readily as an apple. 



KelS or BuBa Wose. Is a large oblong 

 variety which is not sweet or mild, as thought 

 by some people. The seeds are very hot. 

 Used for pickling. 



LiOBig'Red.Cs^ycnne. Is very hot and 

 pungent. Cultivated here and used for pepper 

 sauce and seasoning purposes. There are two 

 varieties, one is long and straight, and the 

 other like shown in cut, which is the only kind 

 I keep. 



Med C lierry. A small roundish variety, 

 very hot and productive. 



Bird Eye. Small, as the name indicates. 

 It is very hot and used principally for pepper 

 vinegar. 



C ili IL A small variety, from three-fourths 

 to an inch long. It is strong, and used for 

 pepper sauce; very prolific. 



'TstbilSC®. True. Another small variety, 

 used more for pepper sauces than any other 

 kind; the fruit is easily gathered, growing 

 almost erect on the branches. 



IS I'd Ciiaster. A new variety of which 

 the pods grow in bunches, upright like the 

 Chili which the pods resemble, but are a little 

 larger. It is quite distinct; ornamental on 

 account of the bright fruit and compact 

 growth of the plant. It is hot and pungent. 



Early Bose. 

 Breese's Peerless. 

 Extra Early Vermont 

 Snowfiake. 

 Beauty of Hebron. 



POTATOES. 



PoMME DE Tebke (Fr.), Kaetoffel (Ger.). 



White Elephant. 

 Bural Blush. 

 Bural New Yorker No. 

 The Thorburn. 

 Early Sunrise. 



The above varieties were tried on the grounds of the Louisiana Experiment 

 Stations at Calhoun and Audubon Park, Nev7 Orleans ; among 150 different kinds 

 tested they gave about the best results, both in yield and quality. 



Potatoes thrive and produce best in a light, dry, but rich soil. Well decomposed stable manure 

 is the best, but if not to be had, cotton seed meal, bone dust, or any other fertilizer should be 

 used to make the ground rich enough. If the ground was planted the fall previous with Cow 

 Peas, which were plowed under, it will be in good condition for Potatoes. Good sized tubers 

 should be selected for planting, which can be cut in pieces not too small; each piece ought to 

 contain at least three eyes. Plant in drills from two to three feet apart, according to the 

 space and how to be cultivated afterwards. Field culture, two and a half to three feet apart; 

 for garden, two feet will answer. We plant potatoes here from end of December to end of 

 March, but the surest time is about the first of February. If planted early they should be 

 l^lanted deeper than if planted late, and hilled up as they grow. If potatoes are planted shallow 

 and not hilled soon, they will suffer more, if caught by a late frost, than if planted deep and 

 hilled up well. Early potatoes have not the same value here as in the North, as the time of 

 planting is so long, and very often the first planting gets cut down by a frost, and a late 

 planting, which may just be peeping through the ground, will escape and produce in advance 

 of the first planted. A fair crop of potatoes can be raised here if planted in August; if the 

 autumn is not too dry, they will bring nice tubers by the end of November. They should not 

 be cut if planted at this time of the year, but planted whole. They should be put in a moist 

 place before planting, so they may sprout. The early varieties are preferable for this time of 

 planting. 



I have been handhng several thousand barrels of potatoes every season for planting, and 

 make Seed Potatoes a specialty. The potatoes I sell are Eastern grown, which, as every one 

 interested in potato culture knows, are superior and preferable to Western grown. 



