RICHARD FROTSCHER SEED CO., Ltd. 



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novelties U Specialties lor 1897. 



PRE- HISTORIC CORN, 



We are always on the alert for some new varieties 

 of seed to brinjJ^ to the notice of our patrons with 

 the view of introdncino^ same, if found, after careful 

 trial, to be of sufficient value and a decided improve- 

 ment on what we already have listed. By special 

 arraoi^ement with the originator, we have been able 

 to obtain a limited quantity of a new and entirely 

 distinct variety of corn, which he styles the 'Tre- 

 Historic." 



The originator. Rev. Dr. E. S.Curry, of Arkansas, 

 claims that about nine years ago, by examining the 

 contents of the ancient Indian mounds near the 

 Ozark Mountains, several ears of corn were found 

 in a clay vessel hermatically sealed up and in a per- 

 fect state of preservation. He planted some of it on 

 his farm, where it came up well and bore abundantly 

 the first year. He has cultivated this variety ever 

 ^ince, and up to to the present day, he states, it has 

 never been known to fail. 



The Pre-Historic Corn is a very distinct type, of a 

 dark bronze color, gliding to a very light bronze 

 and a brilliant red. The, stalks he claims, grow to 

 a height of tiftteen feet, ten feet and five inches 

 from tip to tip of the longest blade, the blades seven 

 inches across, and from two to eleven ears to the 

 stalk. It is said to be a deep feeder; willingly and 

 Irom choic^e taking root in the subsoil, thrusting its 

 roots down deeper on the approach of a drought. 



While growing the stalks have a beautiful bluish 

 cast, peculiar to itself and in the earlier stages of 

 the development of the ears the grains are green. 



In packages 25 and 50c. 



FKOTSCHER CD'S EARLY MARKET 

 LETTUCE. 



This is the best "all the year around"' Cabbage 

 Lettuce, equally as good for shipping as for our home 

 market, and especially adapted fpr forcing in the 

 hot-beed. In summer time when it is almost impos- 

 sil)le to grow good Lettuce in our hot Southern cli- 

 mate, and when all other varifties either run into 

 seeds or forha instead of heads- but mere bunches of 

 leaves, this variety heads up although not as solid as 

 in spring or autumn, sufficiently well and remains i 

 crisp and tender foi- a long time. It is, besides the ' 

 Perpignau, the only Lettuce which our gardeners 

 grow during the summer months. 



NEW ORLEANS IMPROVED PASSION 



LETTUCE. 



This variety -has since its introduction in New 

 Orleans proved to be not only the hardiest and most 

 suitable Lettuce for our southern climate, but also 

 the best shipper which we ever possessed. Thous- 

 ands of barrels of the mostpertect heads are annually 

 shipped from here to northern and western markets 

 and bring invariably better prices than any other 

 variety. The New Orleans Improved Passion, or as 

 it is called here for short -'New Orleans Shipping 

 Lettuce'' was originally brought herefrom California 

 and attains a large size, grows slowly but heads 



Ear of i're -Historic Coin. 



