50 



THE S:EED ANNUAI^OF THE 



Drumhead Cabbage Lettuce. 



two weeks later thau the White Butter. It 

 is very tender and crisp; can be sown later 

 in the spring than the foregoing kind, and 

 does not run into seed so quickly. 



Brown Dutcli Cabbage. A very hard 

 kind, forms a solid head; not so popialai as 

 many other kinds; good for winter. 



Early Cabbage or White Butter Lettuce, Improved Royal Cabbage Lettuce, 



MBI/ON. 



Musk or Cayiteloupe. 



Caxteloupe (Fr.), ZucKERMELONE (Ger.), MeIvON (Sp.)? Mellox Dulce (Ila.) 



Melons require a rich sandy loam. If the ground is not rich, enough a couple of 

 shovels full of rotted manure should be mixed into each hill, which ought to be from five 



X CJtiZtJ. 



Note.— The above cut represents the New Orleans Melon; it has been taken fi-om a common speci- 

 men grown by one of our customers, who raises the seed of this variety for us. 



Nowhere in the United States are better Canteloupes grown than in 



New Orleans and vicinity. 



