132 • THE SEED ANNUAI, OF THE 



HA! HA! HA! 



NO MITES OR I/ICE ON US— MUCKER'S 



MEDICOI< EGGS. THE WONDER 



OF THE AGE. 



It will, we guarantee, kill and drive away any Mites, 

 Ivice or any other vermin that may be on the fowl or in 

 the nest. One egg placed in the nest, the slight odor 

 coming through the shell will do the work completely. 

 Put up and guaranteed by The Zucker Manufacturing Co. 



.SPANISH PEANUTS. 



An early and very prolific variety, which grows erect and does not spread on the 

 ground like other kinds. Can be cultivated entirely with a plow and are easily gathered 

 as all the peas hang close to the roots. The stems when harvested make a good hay. The 

 fruit is smaller than the Virginia or Tennessee, but the plants yield heavier. A very good 

 feed for fattening hogs. 



Price per pound, 15c.; by mail, post paid, 25c.; per peck, 75c. 



White Virginia Peanuts — Per pound, loc. 



Red Tennessee — Per pound, loc; if by mail, 8c. extra must be added to cover postage. 



CHUFAS 



This nut is splendid for fattening hogs; it has a fine flavor. The nut sends up a single 

 spire so much like Coco, it might deceive even an experienced eye at first appearance. 

 Around this spire a multitude of others form rapidly. At the foot of each spire is a nut, 

 never more than two inches in the ground. When harvesting the crop, you have only to 

 gather all the spires and give a slight pull which will bring the entire cluster up with 

 nine-tenths of the nuts. Unlike the Coco, the Chufa will die out in two or three years, if 

 neglected or allowed to be choked with grass or weeds. Price, 15c. per pound; ^1.25 per 

 peck; $4 per bushel. 



COTTON SEED. 



We have of the above a large assortment, of which the following is a list of the leading 

 varieties 



Petit Gulf ^0.75 per bushel of 30 pounds. 



Peterkin 1.50 " •' 30 " 



Bancroft's Herlong — 1.50 " " 30 " 



Allen, long staple 1.50 " " 30 " 



Boyds' Prolific 2.00 " " 30 " 



Peerless - 2.00 " " 30 " 



Sealsland 2.50 *' *' 40 " 



With kind permission of Dr. W. C Stubbs, Director Ivouisiana Experiment Stations, 

 we publish the following extract from Bulletin No. 4: 



DISEASES OF POTATOES- 



Potato Rot. Potato rot is now recognized to be caused b}' a fungus disease known as 

 Phytophthorainfestus, the mycelium of which permeates the intercellular tissues of the 

 potato and by means of haustoria or suckers absorb the nutriment from the surrounding 

 cells. This mycelium, pushing its way through the intercellular spaces, throws out 

 branches which penetrate the breathing pores of the potato and soon upon these branches 

 are born pear-shaped conidia. These conidia correspond to the seeds of phanerogamous 

 or flowering plants and are held and carried by the atmosphere, so that at anytime they 

 may fall upon the potato or vine and with the assistance of moisture growth readily takes 

 place. From this second growth, as conidia only serve to propagate the disease through 

 the growing season, the spores are formed, which lie dormant through the winter and on 

 the arrival of spring the disease recommences its destructive career by the germination 

 of the winter spores. ^^-i^ 



Remedies and Preventives. In addition to exercising care in the handling of potatoe 

 the storing of them away in a dry cool room and the planting of them on a well drained 

 or light loamy soil, the following has been used with marked success: 



Bordeaux Mixture, (a) sulphate of copper (pulv.), 6 pounds in 4 gallons of hot water; 

 (b) fresh lime, 4 pounds in 4 gallons of cold water. Mix (a) and (b) slowly and thor- 

 oughly and dilute to 22 gallons. 



