For the Southern States. 23 
GES aS 
Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable Seeds. 
ARTICHOKE. 
Avrrouaut (Fr.), ArviscHoxe (Ger.), AncacHora (Sp.). 
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Green Globe Artichoke. 
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Large Giobe. Thisis avery popular vegetableintheSouth,and | 
much esteemed by the native as well as the foreign population from 
the South of Europe. It is extensively cultivated for the New Orleans | 
market. It is best propagated from suckers which come up around the 
large plants. Take them off during the fall and early winter months ; | 
plant them four feet apart each way. Every fall the ground should | 
be manured and spaded or plowed between them. If planted by seed, | 
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sow them in drills during winter or early spring, three inches apart 
and one fect from row to row; cover with about one-half inch of earth. 
The following fall the plants can be transplanted and cultivated as re- 
commended above. The seeds I offer are imported by me from Italy, 
and of superior quality. 
ASPARAGUS. 
ASPERGE (Fr.), SpaRGEL (Ger.), ESPARAGOS (Sp.). 
Purpie Top. The Asparagus is not extensively cultivated in the 
South ; not that it is not liked well enough, but from the fact that it 
does not succeed as well as in more Nothern latitudes. It seems that 
itis short lived, the roots giving out soon or throwing up very small 
shoots. 
The ground should be well manured and prepared before either 
the roots or seeds are planted. For this climate the sowing of seed is 
preferable. Roots are generally imported from the North, and I have 
