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RICHARD FROTSCHER S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 



SEEDS OF RECENT INTRODUCTION AND OF SPECIAL MERIT. 



©warf Butter Wax Beans. 



This variety is also sold under the name 

 of ''Bismarck" and ''Rust Proof Wax." It 

 is very early, an excellent bearer, pods 

 similar in shape to the Wardwell's D^^-arf 

 Kidney Wax; they are very brittle and of a 

 fine flavor. Not as liable to rust as other 

 kinds. The seed is of a dark purple color 

 when dried. = 



Oiaiit Pascal Celery. This is a 

 selection fi'om the JSeic Golden Self-Blanch- 

 ing Celery, it partakes of the best qualities 

 of that variety, but is much larger and a 

 better keeper. It is of a fine, nutty flavor; 

 grows about two feet high; the stalks are 

 very broad, thick and crisp and entirely 

 stringless, the width and thickness of the 

 stalks are distinctive features of this varie- 

 ty. It bleaches with but shght ' 'earthing 

 up" and very quick, usually in five or six 

 days. 



Perfection Heart^t^ell Celery. 



This Celery is one of the best ever intro- 

 duced, it has proven to be all that is 

 claimed for it. For description see Page 36. 



Ne \v O r S e a i« sMn r k e t C «c ii m - 



ber. This Cucumber can not be excelled 

 for under glass or out-door culture. It is 

 almost exclusively iDlanted here by market 

 gardeners for shipping, for which it has no 

 equal. For description see page 42. 



Crescent City Ijnte Flat 

 Dutcli Cabbage. This variety I have 

 been selling for the last two years under the 

 name of Xo. 1. It is the most uniform heading 

 cabbage suitable for this section; heads are very 

 large and solid. It is about two weeks earlier 

 than my Superior Late Flat Dutch. Eecom- 

 mend same very highly. Xew crop seed of 

 this variety will be ready in July; have none 

 in stock at present. 



Larg^e Flat Brnnswick Cab- 

 bag^e. This cabbage has become very pop- 

 ular with the Truck-farmers and gardeners in 

 the South for a "Spring Croj)." It makes 

 large, hard heads and does not wilt as quick as 

 other varieties. The majority of Cabbage 

 shipped in the Spring are gTOwn from this 

 kind. For description see page 32. 



New Orleans Market £g:g;plant. 

 This is the leading variety both for market and 

 family use, fruit bears longer and keeps better 

 than any other kind for shipping; it is oval and 

 large in size. It is extensively grown here and 

 in Florida for shipping pui-j^oses. The seed of 

 this kind is Southern grown and is superior 

 to Northern raised seeds. For description see 

 page 43. 



New Orleans Improved Passion 

 LfCttUCe. This is one of the best varieties 

 of Lettuce for winter use. Heads very firm 

 and solid. It is almost the only kind gi-own 

 here for shipping, for which purpose it has no 

 equal. For description see page 46. 



Giant Pascal Celery. 



Trocadero L.ettMce. This kind is 

 very good for forcing and out-door culture; 

 makes very large heads, similar to the fore- 

 going kind; but it is not as hardy and does not 

 bear shipping as well. For description see 

 page 46. 



New Orleatis Market Melon. 

 This is the largest and finest Musk Melon in 

 cultivation. It is the only variety planted 

 here for the market. For size and flavor it 

 cannot be sui-passed by any other kind. For 

 description see page 47. 



Oreen-Striped Casliaw Pump- 

 kin. This is one of the best varieties for 

 table use; superior to any of the Winter 

 Squashes. For pies and preserves it cannot be 

 excelled. For description see page 62. 



Wiiite Qneeji Potato. This va- 

 riety is of recent introduction. Tubers are 

 elongated oval and of large size ; skin and flesh 

 white; is very mealy when boiled; it is quite 

 productive and early. 



Tbe Tliorburn Potato. This is one 

 of the earliest potatoes in ciiltivation, very 

 productive and of fine cpiality. It is a seed- 

 ling of the Beauty of Hebron; but is much 

 earlier. For description see page 61. 

 Rural l^ew Yorker No. 2 Potato. 

 This variety I introduced here last year. It is 

 of large size and uniisual smoothness of skin. 



