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it. Certainly, a plantthat lastsa generation is worthy of the bestowal of some time, 
, patience and money to realize what a treasure they can secure for themselves. I 
confidently believe that in years from this date the Alfalfa will be generally culti- 
vated throughout the entire South. 
I am, respectfully yours, 
E, M. HUDSON, 
Counsellor at Law, 
20 Carondelet Street, New Orleans. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. 
This tuber is well-known, and has been described by mein my former Almanacs. 
It is used for the table, also for stock feed. It does best in a rich loam; should be 
planted and cultivated like potatoes. They yield very heavy. 
Price, per bushel $2.50—per gall. 35 cents. 
DESCRIPTIVE i 
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SOME VARIETIES OF THE SORGHUM FAMILY. 
Asa forage plant for early cutting, to | Branching kind. The only difference 
be fed to stock, I donot thinkthatany- exists in the size of the seed, which is 
thing is equal to the Amber Sorghum, twice the size of the white variety.—It 
such as I have been selling for years, is said to be somewhat earlier, seeds 
- imported from Kansas. After several planted in April will ripen seed in 
cuttings, the branching varieties of July.—Onaccount ofits branching habit 
Sorghum, also called Millo Maize, may this grain should be planted in four 
be preferable, but more so for seed _ or five foot rows, and two to three feet 
than forage.—The Teosinte will give inthe drill, according to the strength 
more fodder than any ofthe Sorghums. ofthe land, two plants in a hill. The 
Some varieties not before describedand | cultivation is like corn. 
rather new here are the following: _ Price, 25¢e. per lb; postage extra; 16c. 
Yellow Millo Maize, or Yellow Branch- per lb: by mail—10 lbs. $2.00 by Express 
ing Dhouro, grows same as the White . or Steamer. 
KAFFIR CORN. 
This grain was distributed in small low, stocks perfectly erect, the foliage 
quantities from the Georgia State De- | is wide, alternating closely on either 
partment of Agriculture in 1878, and in | side of the stalks. ae 
the hands of Dr. J. H. Watkins, of Pal- It does not stool from the root, but 
metto, Campbell County, Ga., it has branches from the top joints, producing 
been preserved, and fully developed, | from two to four heads of Grain from 
and was first brought to public notice | eachstalk. The heads are long, narrow, 
through him in 1885. The seed offered , and perfectly erect, well filled with white 
for sale is from his own growing;the | grain, which at maturity is slightly 
eenuine and pure stock crop of 1886. - flecked with red or reddish brown spots. 
It is a variety of Sorghum, non Sac- | Weight 60 lbs. per bushel. 
charine, and distinctly differing in habit The average height of growth on good 
of growth and other characteristiesfrom | strong land, 5} to 6 feet; on thin land, 
all others of that class. The plant is | 43 to 5 feet. The stalk is stout, never 
